Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

on-call

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: 5.49 in modern English

Syllables: on--call
IPA

8

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

3

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Example Sentences

"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."

Questions

What does on-call mean?: on call

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