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Calling is a related term of chore.


As a verb calling

is .

As a noun calling

is a strong urge to become religious.

As an adjective chore is

.

calling

English

Verb

(head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • A strong urge to become religious.
  • A job or occupation.
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    • , title= Engineers of a different kind , passage=Private-equity nabobs bristle at being dubbed mere financiers. Piling debt onto companies’ balance-sheets is only a small part of what leveraged buy-outs are about, they insist. Improving the workings of the businesses they take over is just as core to their calling , if not more so. Much of their pleading is public-relations bluster.}}

    Synonyms

    * vocation

    chore

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) ). See also char .

    Noun

    (chores)
  • A task, especially a difficult, unpleasant, or routine one.
    • Washing dishes is a chore , but we cannot just stop eating.

    Verb

    (chor)
  • (US, dated) To do chores.
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    Etymology 2

    Possibly derived from the (etyl) word , see also Geordie word (chor).

    Alternative forms

    * chor (Geordie)

    Verb

  • (British, informal) To steal.
    • Synonyms
    * steal (standard English) * thieve (standard English) * twoc (Geordie)

    Etymology 3

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (obsolete) A choir or chorus.
    • (Ben Jonson)

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