caller
∞
1.0
- noun
- /ˈkɔːlər/
:
llamante
- The caller's gone, but the line is still active.
- hotline caller
- caller ID
- a caller asked
Hey, Theo, got a caller from Albuquerque, NM.
- Hey, Theo, got a caller from Albuquerque, NM.
- In response to Adam, the caller about the porn.
- We got we got a caller right here.
- Love you guys, big fans, first time first time caller, long time listener.
- OK, this next caller, it needs no introduction.
- Maybe it jogs me when I hang up on cold callers.
- I feel very much the same way as those last three callers.
- Not too long ago, I was in an endless battle myself with spam callers.
- So do you think that it's going to replace all callers in the next two to three years?
Examples
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Hey, Theo, got a caller from Albuquerque, NM.
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The caller asked if I was so-and-so.
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Yesterday, your caller bought himself a cell phone.
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Most models allow the user to record the name of the caller with his or her own voice.
Academic text (1997) -
No matter how the need is expressed, however, the caller is asking for help.
Academic text (1997) -
We have a caller from Detroit.
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Most insurance companies have automated phone systems that direct the caller to the proper person.
Academic text (2002) -
We have our first caller on the line, Courtney.
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Okay, we've got a caller on line two.
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The radio show received a call from a caller who had a great idea for a new segment.
Synonyms
4
7.2
A person who makes phone calls to sell things or ask people questions
1
3.7
A person who calls many phone numbers as their job or a machine that calls numbers by itself
Antonyms
Compounds
20
3.0
A service or device that shows the phone number and sometimes the name of an incoming call
- Jargon
2
7.4
A player who leads the team's offense by calling plays, usually the quarterback
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Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Caller comes from the verb call, which first meant 'to cry out' and later became the word for making a telephone 'call'. So a caller is the person who makes the phone call.