Callout

Pronunciation varies by accent · noun

Meaning

(communication) An outgoing telephone call..

Definitions by Sense

1. (communication) An outgoing telephone call.
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.
3. (US) A meeting or rally held in order to find interested participants, e.g. for an activity or sports team.
4. (slang) An invitation to fight.
5. A request for people to join or take part.
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.
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.
8. The act of calling out from work, i.e. announcing that one cannot attend; the act of calling in sick.

Example Sentences

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

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

[…] a callout for volunteers to fill hundreds of sandbags.

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.

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.

2011, Wes Nolte, Jeff Douglas, Salesforce Handbook (page 300)

One of the great benefits is that it allows you to perform callouts during trigger executions.

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