on-call

adjective

on call

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Meanings

adjectiveon-call (not comparable)
  1. attributivenot comparableon call

    The traditional way of dealing with these events was for an on-call traffic manager to review (with the engineering functions) the likely time normal working could be resumed.

    2019 November 20, “Industry Insider: East Coast problems”, in Rail, page 76
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APA

on-call. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/on-call

MLA

“on-call.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/on-call. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “on-call,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/on-call.

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