caller

CEFRB1

/ˈkɔːlə/

noun

Türkçe translations

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    A person who phones, visits, or announces something.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    A visitor.

Examples

  • The caller refused to give us his name.

  • The telephone operator asked the caller to hold on until a connection was made.

At a glance

Sits at B1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
1

Also pronounced

  • /ˈkoːlə/

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. The person who makes a telephone call.

  2. The person who stands at the front of the hall and announces the numbers.

  3. A function that calls another (the callee).

More examples

In context

  • ―I’ve got someone on the line. ―Who’s the caller?

  • If the called function throws an exception, the caller should be prepared to handle the error.

  • a gentleman caller

Quick test

Two questions on this entry. Nothing is scored.

Question 1 · Quick check

The phone rang and an unknown blank asked for my personal information.

Practise this properly in the app, where the word comes back before you forget it.

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Origin

noun

From Middle English callar, equivalent to call + -er.