callout

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Synonyms: callous, fallout, call out, callot, call-out, ballout

Antonyms: callous, fallout, call out, callot, call-out, ballout

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Noun

{{lb|en|communication}} An outgoing telephone call.
An instance of being summoned to visit a certain place in order to provide assistance; an instance of summoning someone who is [[on call]].
{{lb|en|US}} A [[meeting]] or [[rally]] held in order to find interested [[participants]], e.g. for an activity or sports team.
{{lb|en|slang}} An invitation to [[fight]].
A request for people to join or take part.
{{lb|en|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.
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.
The act of [[call out|calling out]] from [[work]], i.e. announcing that one cannot attend; the act of calling in sick.
{{lb|en|idiomatic}} A form of verbal abuse with the intention of making the victim feel guilty.
{{lb|en|programming}} The [[invocation]] of an [[external]] [[third-party]] [[component]].
A scheduled appointment for which a prisoner may go somewhere.

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