call-out
Because it is a word with a single syllable, call-out is not hyphenated. The words that have a single syllable are called monosyllabic words.
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Definitions ofcall-out
- (communication) An outgoing telephone call.
- An invitation to fight; the act of one child calling out another.
- (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.
- A summons to someone designated as being on call.
Example: "I had to pay for the callout of the plumber after the pipe burst."
- A meeting or rally held in order to find interested participants, e.g. for an activity or sports team.
Example: "So many people attended the basketball callout that the coach decided to form two teams."
- 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 calling out from work, i.e. announcing that one cannot attend.
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