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Definitions

calling

[kaw-ling] / ˈkɔ lɪŋ /
NOUN
chosen profession
Synonyms
STRONG
art business career craft do dodge employment gig go handicraft hang lifework line mission occupation play province pursuit racket slot swindle trade vocation work
WEAK
day gig life's work metier métier nine-to-five rat race walk of life
Antonyms
STRONG
avocation entertainment fun pastime recreation surrender unemployment
WEAK
amusement hobby

Example Sentences

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With so much time on your hands and no job calling, it isn’t easy to resist your smartphone, writes retired WSJ editor Stephen Kreider Yoder.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 15, 2026

There is early evidence that coaches calling pitches slows the game down, with the Marlins taking more time between pitches.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 15, 2026

Delia is now calling for separate waiting areas to be created in the hospital, with one specifically for cancer patients.

From BBC • Apr. 15, 2026

Special procedures for exceptional cases announced by officials were just talk, Suleiman says, calling on the state to provide identification documents to people coming out of war zones without charge.

From BBC • Apr. 14, 2026

I kept calling until at last Patch raised his head and came to me across the wall.

From "Nory Ryan’s Song" by Patricia Reilly Giff