English-Thai Dictionary

calling

N การ ร้องเรียก  kan-rong-riak

 

calling

N อาชีพ  occupation job ar-chib

 

calling card

N นามบัตร  visiting card nam-bad

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

CALLING

n. 1. A naming, or inviting; a reading over or reciting in order, or a call of names with a view to obtain an answer, as in legislative bodies.
2. Vocation; profession; trade; usual occupation, or employment.
Pope. Swift. 1 Corinthians 7:2
3. Class of persons engaged in any profession or employment.
4. Divine summons, vocation, or invitation.
Give all diligence to make your calling and election sure. 2 Peter 1:1 .

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

CALLING

CALLING Call "ing, n.

 

1. The act of one who calls; a crying aloud, esp. in order to summon, or to attact the attention of, some one.

 

2. A summoning or convocation, as of Parliament. The frequent calling and meeting of Parlaiment. Macaulay.

 

3. A divine summons or invitation; also, the state of being divinely called. Who hath. .. called us with an holy calling. 2 Tim. i. 9. Give diligence to make yior calling. .. sure. 2 Pet. i. 1 .

 

4. A naming, or inviting; a reading over or reciting in order, or a call of names with a view to obtaining an answer, as in legislative bodies.

 

5. One's usual occupation, or employment; vocation; business; trade. The humble calling of ter female parent. Thackeray.

 

6. The persons, collectively, engaged in any particular professions or employment. To impose celibacy on wholy callings. Hammond.

 

7. Title; appellation; name. [Obs. ] I am more proud to be Sir Rowland's son His youngest son, and would not change that calling. Shak.

 

Syn. -- Occupation; employment; business; trade; profession; office; engagement; vocation.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

calling

call ing |ˈkôliNG ˈkɔlɪŋ | ▶noun 1 the loud cries or shouts of an animal or person: the calling of a cuckoo. 2 [ in sing. ] a strong urge toward a particular way of life or career; a vocation: those who have a special calling to minister to others' needs. • a profession or occupation: he considered engineering one of the highest possible callings.

 

calling bell

call |ing bell ▶noun Indian a doorbell.

 

calling card

call ing card |ˈkɔlɪŋ ˌkɑrd | ▶noun 1 a card bearing a person's name and address, sent or left in lieu of a formal social or business visit. • an action by which someone or something can be identified: a dog whose calling card is a savage nip at the nearest ankles. 2 a card that allows the user to make telephone calls from any phone and charge the cost to their home telephone number. • a prepaid card that allows the user to make telephone calls up to a specified value.

 

Oxford Dictionary

calling

call |ing |ˈkɔːlɪŋ | ▶noun 1 [ mass noun ] the action or sound of calling. 2 a strong urge towards a particular way of life or career; a vocation: those who have a special calling to minister to others' needs. • a profession or occupation: he considered engineering one of the highest possible callings.

 

calling bell

call |ing bell ▶noun Indian a doorbell.

 

calling card

call |ing card ▶noun 1 a card bearing a person's name and address, sent or left in lieu of a formal social or business visit. • an action by which someone or something can be identified: holistic, sustainable design is the calling card of the green architect. 2 N. Amer. a phonecard or telephone charge card.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

calling

calling noun when I was four, I knew my calling was photography: profession, occupation, vocation, call, summons, career, work, employment, job, business, trade, craft, line, line of work; informal bag; archaic employ.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

calling

calling noun 1 those who have a special calling to minister to others' needs: vocation, mission; call, summons. 2 he considered engineering one of the highest possible callings: profession, occupation, career, work, employment, job, business, trade, craft, line, line of work, pursuit, métier, walk of life, province, field; archaic employ.

 

Duden Dictionary

Calling-Card

Cal ling-Card, Cal ling card Substantiv, feminin , die Callingcard |ˈkɔːlɪŋkaːɐ̯t ˈkɔːlɪŋkaːɐ̯t |die Calling-Card; Genitiv: der Calling-Card, Plural: die Calling-Cards die Callingcard; Genitiv: der Callingcard, Plural: die Callingcards englisch Telefonkarte zum internationalen bargeldlosen Telefonieren

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

calling

call ing /kɔ́ːlɪŋ /→call 名詞 1 C ｟かたく ｠〖通例単数形で 〗天職 (vocation ), 生業 , 職業 (→job ).2 C 〖通例単数形で 〗【社会的に有意義な仕事に 】従事することへの強い願望 [使命感 ] «to » .3 C 神の御召し ; 召集 .4 U (動物の )鳴き声 , 叫び ; 呼ぶこと .～́ c à rd 1 ｟主に米 ｠名刺 (card, ｟英 ｠visiting card ).2 ｟米 ｠テレホンカード (phone card ).