"callee" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: callees [plural]
Etymology: call + -ee Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|call|ee}} call + -ee Head templates: {{en-noun}} callee (plural callees)
  1. (telephony) The person who is called by the caller (on the telephone). Categories (topical): Telephony Translations (the person who is getting called by the caller): volaný (Czech), soitettava (Finnish), appelé [masculine] (French), chiamato [masculine] (Italian), вызыва́емый абоне́нт (vyzyvájemyj) (Russian), llamado [masculine] (Spanish), llamada [feminine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-callee-en-noun-bHX7rABm Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ee Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 57 43 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ee: 76 24 Topics: communications, electrical-engineering, engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, telecommunications, telephony Disambiguation of 'the person who is getting called by the caller': 89 11
  2. (programming) A function called by another. Categories (topical): Programming
    Sense id: en-callee-en-noun-YPAQ7Qe- Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, programming, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: collect call

Inflected forms

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