caller
pronunciation
How to pronounce caller in British English:
UK [ˈkɔ:lə(r)]
How to pronounce caller in American English:
US [ˈkɔlɚ]
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- Noun:
- a social or business visitor
- an investor who buys a call option
- the bettor in a card game who matches the bet and calls for a show of hands
- a person who announces the changes of steps during a dance
- someone who proclaims or summons in a loud voice
- the person who convenes a meeting
- the person initiating a telephone call
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- Adjective:
- providing coolness
- fresh
Word Origin
- caller (n.)
- c. 1500, "one who proclaims," agent noun from call (v.). Meaning "one who announces step changes at a dance" is recorded from 1882; "one who places a telephone call," 1898. Meaning "a social visitor" is attested from 1786.
Example
- 1. No procedure is allowed to return to its caller -- ever .
- 2. Then there was the caller who asked for a knitwear company in woven .
- 3. After finding a friend or family member 's entry in the phone 's contacts directory , the caller touches the facetime button on the phone 's screen .
- 4. Methods provide a way of hiding lower-level implementation details so that the caller need not be bothered by them .
- 5. When factorial returns , the value of result is passed back to the caller as the result of the method .