call screening

noun

The process of evaluating the characteristics of a telephone call before a conversation. Some methods may include

“checking the time or date.”

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Meanings

nouncall screening (uncountable)
  1. uncountableThe process of evaluating the characteristics of a telephone call before a conversation. Some methods may include

    checking the time or date.

    2 more examples

    listening to the message being recorded on an answering machine,

    checking a Calling Identity Display device,

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