Definition of Call-in

1. Noun. A telephone call to a radio station or a television station in which the caller participates in the on-going program.

Generic synonyms: Call, Phone Call, Telephone Call
Derivative terms: Call In

Definition of Call-in

1. Adjective. (context: of a radio programme) In which members of the public telephone the studio and talk live to the presenter. ¹

2. Noun. Such a radio programme ¹

3. Noun. Such a call ¹

4. Noun. Such a caller ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Call-in

calking
calkings
calkins
calks
call'd
call't
call-back
call-board
call-boy
call-by-future
call-by-name
call-by-need
call-by-reference
call-by-value
call-in (current term)
call-in show
call-out
call-outs
call-up
call 'em as one sees 'em
call a spade a spade
call an ambulance
call at
call attention
call back
call box
call boy
call boys
call center

Literary usage of Call-in

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Works of George Fox by George Fox (1831)
"Do they not differ in call, in practice, in maintenance, and in fruits and effects from the true ministers and true apostles? And do they not agree with the ..."

2. United States Supreme Court Reports by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1910)
"... and if the course and distance will not reach across the river that the call in the grant for crossing the river ought to be considered as a mistake in ..."

3. Lawyers' Reports Annotated by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company (1905)
"The presbytery declined to place the call in Mr. Myers' hands." "Called meeting, June 19th, 1894. A paper was received from the Perry Church, setting forth ..."

4. The Library of Literary Criticism of English and American Authors by Charles Wells Moulton (1904)
"when it was necessary for Mm to appear in a strictly proper and becoming dress he was fain to call in the aid of his friend Hope to tie his neckcloth, ..."

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