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See Also:

• present participle of call.

calling

American  

[kaw-ling] / ˈkɔ lɪŋ /

noun

callings plural

1. the act of a person or thing that calls.

2. vocation, profession, or trade.

   What is your calling?

   Synonyms:

   field, specialty, forte, province, mission

3. a call or summons.

   He had a calling to join the church.

4. a strong impulse or inclination.

   She did it in response to an inner calling.

5. a convocation.

   the calling of Congress.

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calling British  

/ ˈkɔːlɪŋ /

noun

1. a strong inner urge to follow an occupation, etc; vocation

2. an occupation, profession, or trade

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• callings
  plural

Etymology

Origin of calling

Middle English word dating back to 1200–50; see origin at call, -ing ¹

Example Sentences

Calling out the reasons and sharing them may help.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 9, 2026

Calling it “an inflection point” for the business, the PC maker said it expects the infrastructure business to become another engine for growth and profitability.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026

Calling nonprofits anti-American “flies in the face of a long history of cross-ideological, bipartisan consensus that the diversity of missions of nonprofits was a strength,” Phil Buchanan, CEP’s president, said in an interview.

From Barron's • May 12, 2026

Calling on the government to step in, he said Cornwall was not getting a "slice" of regional growth investment.

From BBC • Apr. 29, 2026

"Calling them 'the ladies' doesn't help either," Jane tells me.

From "Will Grayson, Will Grayson" by John Green and David Levithan