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calling en · VERB · etymology 1

Pronunciation

/ˈkɑlɪŋ/ (cot-caught-merger)
/ˈkɔːlɪŋ/ (Received-Pronunciation)
[kʰolɪŋ] (Received-Pronunciation)
/kaːlɪn/ (Northumbria)
(US) audio
[kʰɑlɪŋ] (cot-caught-merger)
[kʰɔlɪŋ] (General-American)
/ˈkɔlɪŋ/ (General-American)

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English callyng, kallyng, kalland, from Old English *cealliende and Old Norse kallandi, equivalent to call + -ing.

Meanings

(form-of, gerund, participle, present) present participle and gerund of call
form of call

calling en · NOUN · etymology 2

Pronunciation

/ˈkɑlɪŋ/ (cot-caught-merger)
/ˈkɔːlɪŋ/ (Received-Pronunciation)
[kʰolɪŋ] (Received-Pronunciation)
/kaːlɪn/ (Northumbria)
(US) audio
[kʰɑlɪŋ] (cot-caught-merger)
[kʰɔlɪŋ] (General-American)
/ˈkɔlɪŋ/ (General-American)

Etymology

From Middle English calling, callynge, equivalent to call + -ing.

Meanings

A strong urge (to do some particular thing with or in one's life, for example to become religious, to help the poor, or to be an entertainer).
A job or occupation.
- Private-equity nabobs bristle at being dubbed mere financiers. Piling debt onto companies’ balance-sheets is only a small part of what leveraged buy-outs are about, they insist. Improving the workings of the businesses they take over is just as core to their calling, if not more so. Much of their pleading is public-relations bluster. 2013 June 22, “Engineers of a different kind”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8841, page 70:

Forms

Spelling	Features	Labels	Source
callings	Number=Plur		lexicographic

Deriveds

callingly · cop-calling · SelCal · SELCAL · playcalling · hog calling · calling over · calling party

Synonyms

vocation

Translations (30)

es llamamiento (strong urge (to become or do something)) · it chiamata (strong urge (to become or do something)) · ja 天命 (occupation) · bg призва́ние (occupation) · pl powołanie (strong urge (to become or do something)) · fi ammatti (occupation) · ga gairm bheatha (occupation) · cmn 呼召 (strong urge (to become or do something)) · eo alvokiĝo (strong urge (to become or do something)) · ja 天命 (strong urge (to become or do something)) · es vocación (strong urge (to become or do something)) · sw wito (strong urge (to become or do something)) · bg професия (occupation) · grc κλῆσις (strong urge (to become or do something)) · fi kutsumus (strong urge (to become or do something)) · gd gairmeach (strong urge (to become or do something)) · eo alvoko (occupation) · gd gairm (occupation) · grc ἐπιτήδευμα (occupation) · it vocazione (strong urge (to become or do something)) · es llamado (strong urge (to become or do something)) · yue 呼召 (strong urge (to become or do something)) · cmn 職業 /职业 (occupation) · pl powołanie (occupation) · bg влече́ние (strong urge (to become or do something)) · hu hivatás (occupation) · sv kall (occupation) · sv kall (strong urge (to become or do something)) · cs povolání (occupation) · es pegarle a (occupation)