"callout" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: En-au-callout.ogg Forms: callouts [plural]
Etymology: Deverbal from call out. Etymology templates: {{deverbal|en|call out}} Deverbal from call out Head templates: {{en-noun}} callout (plural callouts)
  1. (communication) An outgoing telephone call. Categories (topical): Communication
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  2. An instance of being summoned to visit a certain place in order to provide assistance; an instance of summoning someone who is on call.
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  3. (US) A meeting or rally held in order to find interested participants, e.g. for an activity or sports team. Tags: US
    Sense id: en-callout-en-noun-0iMl827A Categories (other): American English, English deverbals, English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with French translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Russian translations Disambiguation of English deverbals: 3 16 20 1 7 16 14 17 2 5 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 2 16 18 1 7 17 15 16 1 7 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 2 22 12 1 6 25 15 12 1 4 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 2 15 18 1 5 20 15 17 1 6 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 2 15 18 0 7 18 16 18 1 5 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 3 18 15 1 8 21 14 15 2 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 7 17 12 1 9 17 14 11 3 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 3 17 15 1 7 19 16 16 2 4
  4. (slang) An invitation to fight. Tags: slang
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  5. A request for people to join or take part.
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  6. (typography, graphic layout) A pull quote: an excerpt from an article (such as in a news magazine) that is duplicated in a large font alongside the article so as to grab a reader's attention and indicate the article's topic. Categories (topical): Typography
    Sense id: en-callout-en-noun-2Fa5oSaj Categories (other): English deverbals, English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with French translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Russian translations Disambiguation of English deverbals: 3 16 20 1 7 16 14 17 2 5 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 2 16 18 1 7 17 15 16 1 7 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 2 22 12 1 6 25 15 12 1 4 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 2 15 18 1 5 20 15 17 1 6 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 2 15 18 0 7 18 16 18 1 5 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 3 18 15 1 8 21 14 15 2 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 7 17 12 1 9 17 14 11 3 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 3 17 15 1 7 19 16 16 2 4 Topics: media, publishing, typography
  7. An annotation that pertains to a specific location in a body of text or a graphic, and that is visually linked to that location by a mark or a matching pair of marks.
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  8. The act of calling out from work, i.e. announcing that one cannot attend; the act of calling in sick.
    Sense id: en-callout-en-noun-OFJBKn3L Categories (other): English deverbals, English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with French translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Russian translations Disambiguation of English deverbals: 3 16 20 1 7 16 14 17 2 5 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 2 16 18 1 7 17 15 16 1 7 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 2 22 12 1 6 25 15 12 1 4 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 2 15 18 1 5 20 15 17 1 6 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 2 15 18 0 7 18 16 18 1 5 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 3 18 15 1 8 21 14 15 2 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 7 17 12 1 9 17 14 11 3 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 3 17 15 1 7 19 16 16 2 4
  9. (idiomatic) A form of verbal abuse with the intention of making the victim feel guilty. Tags: idiomatic
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  10. (programming) The invocation of an external third-party component. Categories (topical): Programming
    Sense id: en-callout-en-noun-qX5Fanw1 Categories (other): Terms with Hungarian translations Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 7 17 12 1 9 17 14 11 3 11 Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, programming, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: callout culture Translations (summons): kiszállás (Hungarian), kihívás (Hungarian), hívás (Hungarian), kivezénylés (Hungarian), вы́зов (výzov) (Russian)
Disambiguation of 'summons': 12 9 14 9 15 11 6 12 6 7

Inflected forms

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      "expansion": "Deverbal from call out",
      "name": "deverbal"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Deverbal from call out.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "callouts",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "callout (plural callouts)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "en:Communication"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "An outgoing telephone call."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "communication",
          "communication"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(communication) An outgoing telephone call."
      ],
      "topics": [
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        "communications"
      ]
    },
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      "categories": [
        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "I had to pay for the callout of the plumber after the pipe burst.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "An instance of being summoned to visit a certain place in order to provide assistance; an instance of summoning someone who is on call."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "on call",
          "on call"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "American English",
        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "So many people attended the basketball callout that the coach decided to form two teams.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A meeting or rally held in order to find interested participants, e.g. for an activity or sports team."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "meeting",
          "meeting"
        ],
        [
          "rally",
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        ],
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          "participants"
        ]
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        "(US) A meeting or rally held in order to find interested participants, e.g. for an activity or sports team."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English slang"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "An invitation to fight."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "fight",
          "fight"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(slang) An invitation to fight."
      ],
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        "slang"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2022, David Hendy, The BBC: A People's History:",
          "text": "[…] a callout for volunteers to fill hundreds of sandbags.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A request for people to join or take part."
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "en:Typography"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2012, The Onion Book of Known Knowledge, page 64:",
          "text": "Ancient Egypt: Civilization in northeastern Africa that gives reference volumes a chance to change up the pace a little and break up the monotonous, text-heavy format with more graphical elements, timelines, and a few callout boxes.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A pull quote: an excerpt from an article (such as in a news magazine) that is duplicated in a large font alongside the article so as to grab a reader's attention and indicate the article's topic."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "typography",
          "typography"
        ],
        [
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          "pull quote"
        ],
        [
          "excerpt",
          "excerpt"
        ],
        [
          "article",
          "article"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "graphic layout",
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        "(typography, graphic layout) A pull quote: an excerpt from an article (such as in a news magazine) that is duplicated in a large font alongside the article so as to grab a reader's attention and indicate the article's topic."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "media",
        "publishing",
        "typography"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "An annotation that pertains to a specific location in a body of text or a graphic, and that is visually linked to that location by a mark or a matching pair of marks."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "annotation",
          "annotation"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2015, Pearley Rufus-Lusan, The Baby Boomer Nurse:",
          "text": "On this particular day, I felt ill, mostly from exhaustion, and had to call out from work. This callout caused a stir and a display of animosity.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The act of calling out from work, i.e. announcing that one cannot attend; the act of calling in sick."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "calling out",
          "call out"
        ],
        [
          "work",
          "work"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English idioms"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A form of verbal abuse with the intention of making the victim feel guilty."
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic) A form of verbal abuse with the intention of making the victim feel guilty."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "en:Programming"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "2011, Wes Nolte, Jeff Douglas, Salesforce Handbook (page 300)"
        },
        {
          "text": "One of the great benefits is that it allows you to perform callouts during trigger executions."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The invocation of an external third-party component."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "programming",
          "programming#Noun"
        ],
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          "invocation",
          "invocation"
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          "external"
        ],
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          "third-party"
        ],
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          "component"
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(programming) The invocation of an external third-party component."
      ],
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        "computing",
        "engineering",
        "mathematics",
        "natural-sciences",
        "physical-sciences",
        "programming",
        "sciences"
      ]
    }
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  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "summons",
      "word": "kiszállás"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "summons",
      "word": "kihívás"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "summons",
      "word": "hívás"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "summons",
      "word": "kivezénylés"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "výzov",
      "sense": "summons",
      "word": "вы́зов"
    }
  ],
  "word": "callout"
}

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