Synonyms for calling
ˈkɔ lɪŋcall·ing

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1. callingnoun

   Synonyms:
   vocation

2. callingnoun

   A strong urge to become religious.

   Synonyms:
   vocation

3. callingnoun

   A job or occupation.

   Synonyms:
   vocation

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1. calling

   A business is what one follows regularly; an occupation is what he happens at any time to be engaged in; trout-fishing may be one's occupation for a time, as a relief from business; business is ordinarily for profit, while the occupation may be a matter of learning, philanthropy, or religion. A profession implies scholarship; as, the learned professions. Pursuit is an occupation which one follows with ardor. An avocation is what calls one away from other work; a vocation or calling, that to which one is called by some special fitness or sense of duty; thus, we speak of the gospel ministry as a vocation or calling, rather than a business. Trade or trading is, in general, the exchanging of one thing for another; in the special sense, a trade is an occupation involving manual training and skilled labor; as, the ancient Jews held that every boy should learn a trade. A transaction is a single action, whether in business, diplomacy, or otherwise; affair has a similar, but lighter meaning; as, this little affair; an important transaction. The plural affairs has a distinctive meaning, including all activities where men deal with one another on any considerable scale; as, a man of affairs. A job is a piece of work viewed as a single undertaking, and ordinarily paid for as such. Trade and commerce may be used as equivalents, but trade is capable of a more limited application; we speak of the trade of a village, the commerce of a nation. Barter is the direct exchange of commodities; business, trade, and commerce are chiefly transacted by means of money, bills of exchange, etc. Business, occupation, etc., may be what one does independently; employment may be in the service of another. Work is any application of energy to secure a result, or the result thus secured; thus, we speak of the work of God. Art in the industrial sense is a system of rules and accepted methods for the accomplishment of some practical result; as, the art of printing; collectively, the arts. A craft is some occupation requiring technical skill or manual dexterity, or the persons, collectively, engaged in its exercise; as, the weaver's craft.

   Synonyms:
   affair, art, avocation, barter, business, commerce, concern, craft, duty, employment, handicraft, job, occupation, profession, trade, trading, traffic, transaction, vocation, work

   Preposition:
   The business of a druggist; in business with his father; doing business for his father; have you business with me? business in New York; business about, concerning, or in regard to certain property.

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1. career, calling, vocationnoun

   the particular occupation for which you are trained

   Synonyms:
   occupational group, career, life history, vocation

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1. callingnoun

   Synonyms:
   occupation, business, profession, pursuit, trade, craft, employment, vocation, AVOCATION, walk of life

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1. callingnoun

   Synonyms:
   summons, call, vocation (divine summons), evocation, convocation, occupation, business, trade, employment, vocation, pursuit

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1. List of paraphrases for "calling":

   call, appellant, vocation, launches, appeal, requesting, convening, telephoning, urging, appealing, contacting, requiring, dialling, asking, phoning

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How to use calling in a sentence?

1. Dustin Clark:

   I'm calling for County Attorney Dee Hobbs to drop these charges because the [Round Rock ISD] police answer to the superintendent in their chain of command, and the police were likely directed by the superintendent to keep the public out of the Sept. 14 meeting due to a last-minute policy implemented by Dr. Azaiez, this restricted seating capacity policy was being applied nowhere else in the district – only in that board meeting room, during that meeting.

2. Miroslav Lajcak:

   I am not calling for abolishing the sanctions. But what I don't want to see is that we formally maintain the sanctions and behind the sanctions, everyone is signing big deals with Russia, visiting, meeting people who are blacklisted, this is the reality today, so I think it is fair to discuss.

3. Djau Codjovi:

   My Croatian teammate Ivan Pešić was calling My Croatian teammate Ivan Pešić embassy, while we sat down and were just giving up, then My Croatian teammate Ivan Pešić called out to us --' come quick, come quick' -- so all the group we were together.... and the Prime Minister of Croatia, My Croatian teammate Ivan Pešić called the embassy in Kyiv and they contacted the border and then they let us through.

4. James Gavin:

   The answering machine recorded the first three minutes of the conversation, now imagine the Princess of Wales calling you late at night while you were watching television with a family friend. You could hear the affection as they spoke to each other. Diana is almost giggly and shy. George was flattered. But neither of them could let their hair down with each other.

5. Michael Cohen:

   Recently, the President tweeted a statement calling me' weak,' and he was correct, but for a much different reason than he was implying, it was because time and time again I felt it was my duty to cover up his dirty deeds rather than to listen to my own inner voice and my moral compass.