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单词 callings
释义

calling

noun

call·​ing ˈkȯ-liŋ How to pronounce calling (audio)
1
: a strong inner impulse toward a particular course of action especially when accompanied by conviction of divine influence
2
: the vocation or profession in which one customarily engages
3
: the characteristic cry of a female cat in heat
also : the period of heat

Synonyms

  • abandonment
  • abortion
  • calling off
  • cancellation
  • cancelation
  • dropping
  • recall
  • recision
  • repeal
  • rescission
  • revocation
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Example Sentences

He had always felt a calling to help others. He experienced a calling to enter the priesthood.
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Word History

First Known Use

13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Kids Definition

calling

noun

call·​ing ˈkȯ-liŋ How to pronounce calling (audio)
: a profession especially that a person feels strongly about
Teaching was his true calling.

Medical Definition

calling

noun

call·​ing ˈkȯ-liŋ How to pronounce calling (audio)
: the characteristic cry of a female cat in heat
also : the period of heat

callings

noun

plural of calling
1
as in abandonments
the act of putting an end to something planned or previously agreed to the calling of the match was a disappointment to both players

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • abandonments
  • cancelations
  • cancellations
  • revocations
  • abolitions
  • repeals
  • abortions
  • endings
  • rescissions
  • recisions
  • droppings
  • reversals
  • terminations
  • recalls
  • annulments
  • invalidations
  • relinquishments
  • nullifications
  • abolishments
  • neutralizations
  • voidances
  • surrenders
  • rollbacks

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • continuations
  • beginnings
  • undertakings
  • initiations
  • engagements
  • commencements
2
as in professions
the activity by which one regularly makes a living I think my true calling will be as a commercial artist

Synonyms & Similar Words

  • professions
  • vocations
  • occupations
  • employments
  • works
  • lines
  • trades
  • jobs
  • games
  • missions
  • tasks
  • assignments
  • calls
  • positions
  • lays
  • places
  • duties
  • arts
  • businesses
  • enterprises
  • appointments
  • functions
  • livelihoods
  • offices
  • livings
  • situations
  • crafts
  • fields
  • engagements
  • handicrafts
  • métiers
  • metiers
  • rackets
  • posts
  • billets
  • lifeworks
  • gigs
  • workloads
  • berths
  • loads
  • handcrafts

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • pursuits
  • avocations
  • hobbies
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