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callout

/ˈkɔːlaʊt/ /ˈkɑːlaʊt/

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noun

(communication) An outgoing telephone call.

Examples :

"My callout to Grandma was a quick one to check on her health. "

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An invitation to fight; the act of one child calling out another.

Examples :

"After Mark bumped into him in the hallway, Ben issued a callout, yelling, "You wanna go right now?" "

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(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.

Examples :

"The magazine used a bold callout from the interview, "I never thought I'd win," to draw readers into the article about the athlete's victory. "

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noun

A summons to someone designated as being on call.

Examples :

"I had to pay for the callout of the plumber after the pipe burst."

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A meeting or rally held in order to find interested participants, e.g. for an activity or sports team.

Examples :

"So many people attended the basketball callout that the coach decided to form two teams."

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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.

Examples :

"The engineering drawing used a callout to explain the function of a specific valve. "

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The act of calling out from work, i.e. announcing that one cannot attend.

Examples :

"Maria's unexpected illness resulted in a last-minute callout from work, leaving her colleagues short-staffed. "

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