callback
noun[C]
uk/ˈkɔːl.bæk/us/ˈkɑːl.bæk/callbacknoun[C](PHONE CALL)
aphonecallmade to someone who called youearlier:
If you don't get through after a fewattempts,sendanemailrequestinga callback.
I'm stillawaitinga callback fromtechnicalsupport.
They have nowebsiteandrefuseto giveconsumersa callbacknumber.
- Ispoketo someone incustomerservices,resultingin a callback from amanagerabout theproblem.
- You cancallus on thisnumberorrequesta callback at atimeconvenientfor you.
Communications - by telephone
- 3G
- 4G
- 5G
- aeroplane mode
- airplane mode
- area code
- autodial
- dialling tone
- helpline
- pick
- picksomeone/somethingup
- pocket dial
- prank caller
- prepay
- ring
- roam
- telecoms
- telephone
- transfer
- wake-up call
callbacknoun[C](FOR JOB)
arequestto come for anotheraudition(= ashortperformancetotryto get ajobas anactor, etc.)orjobinterview(= ameetingin which you areaskedquestionstoseeif you aresuitablefor ajob); the secondauditionorinterviewitself:
Ireceiveda callback from my firstaudition!
With noexperience, I couldn'tevenget aninterview,letalonea callback.
When she went to the callback, there was only one otherpersonthere.
- TheyfoundthatBlackpeoplewere much lesslikelytoreceivea callback or ajobofferthansimilarlyqualifiedWhitepeople.
- She went to anopencastingcall, got a callback and got thepart.
- About 20peoplefrom thesessionwill beselectedto go to callbacks.
Applying for a job
- acquihire
- advertisement
- anoint
- anointed
- applicant
- assign
- elect
- go intosomething
- golden hello
- goonda
- handpicked
- headhunt
- nomination
- prospect
- resume
- retain
- rope
- self-constituted
- serving
- testimonial
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Cinema & theatre: casting, roles & scripts
callbacknoun[C](REFERENCE)
something that refers to orremindsyou of something thathappenedin the past orearlierin astory:
The newalbumis adefinitecallbacktothestylethat made thekeyboardistfamous30yearsago.
This is one of myfavouriteTV callbacks: thesongtheydanceto ontheirfirstdateis the same one theyplaywhen they getmarriedmanyseasonslater.
- The callbacks torelationshipsestablishedinearlierepisodesmake for asatisfyingending.
- It would be agreatcallback if webringback thecharacterwith the sameoutfitandhairshe had inseason1.
- So much thathappenedthissummerfeelslike a callback to lastyear.
Quoting & making references
- aforementioned
- allude tosomeone/something
- allusion
- allusiveness
- as forsomeone/somethingidiom
- bandysomethingaround
- bring
- come up
- direct speech
- indirect speech
- pursuant
- quote
- refer tosomeone/something
- reference
- referent
- rub
- rubsomeone'snose in itidiom
- rubsomethingin
- touch
- word
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Remembering, reminding and reminders
callbacknoun[C](IN COMPUTING)
computingspecialized
apieceofcode(= acomputerinstruction)thattellsanotherpieceofcodetoperformanactionat aparticularlatertime:
If the callbackraisesanexception, go to the laststep.
a callbackfunction/mechanism/method
- It ispossibletodirectlyaccessandreceivea callback from anSMTPservertoduplicateandcapturee-mailmessages.
- If afileisdeletedoutsideof the FileSystemAPI, getFile()seemstoerror, whichpreventsthe callbackfunctionfromworking.
- Toavoidforcingapplicationprogrammerstocontinuallypollfordata, someformof callbackmechanismisrequired.
Computer programming & software
- abandonware
- ad-blocker
- ad-blocking
- adware
- analytics
- cheat
- facial recognition software
- femtech
- file system
- garbage collector
- GIF
- infection
- planner
- routine
- software package
- splash screen
- story mode
- syntactic
- syntactically
- system software