Standard Lemma guide

callback

noun · 9 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.

  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • CMU ARPABET: K AO1 L B AE2 K Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

The return of a situation to a previous position or state; a reference to such a position or state.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: hark-back

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A return telephone or radio call; especially one made automatically to authenticate a logon to a computer network.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: communications, electrical-engineering, engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, telecommunications, telephony

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

A product recall because of a defect or safety concern.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

A function pointer passed as an argument to another function.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, programming, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

A follow-up audition in casting.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, theater

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

6

noun

Meaning 6

A follow-up interview in employment recruiting.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: business

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

7

noun

Meaning 7

A joke which references an earlier joke in the same routine.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: comedy, entertainment, lifestyle

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

8

noun

Meaning 8

A form of audience participation in which the audience shout lines in response to the dialog of a film.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

9

noun

Meaning 9

a request by the manufacturer of a defective product to return the product (as for replacement or repair)

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: recall

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: request, asking

History

Etymology

Deverbal from call back.

Across languages

Translations

32 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Chinese Mandarin: 複試 /复试 (fùshì) — request for a second interview or audition
  • Chinese Mandarin: 二試 /二试 (èrshì) — request for a second interview or audition
  • Finnish: jatkokutsu — request for a second interview or audition
  • Italian: richiamo — request for a second interview or audition
  • Italian: richiesta — request for a second interview or audition
  • Finnish: paluu — return of a situation
  • German: Rückruf — return of a situation
  • Italian: ritorno — return of a situation
  • Turkish: geri çağırma — return of a situation
  • Finnish: paluupuhelu — return telephone or radio call
  • Georgian: გადარეკვა (gadareḳva) — return telephone or radio call
  • German: Rückruf — return telephone or radio call
  • Hungarian: visszahívás — return telephone or radio call
  • Italian: richiamata — return telephone or radio call
  • Turkish: geri arama — return telephone or radio call
  • Turkish: tekrar arama — return telephone or radio call
  • Catalan: devolució — product recall
  • Danish: tilbagekaldelse — product recall
  • Finnish: takaisinkutsu — product recall
  • German: Rückrufaktion — product recall
  • German: Rückruf — product recall
  • Italian: richiamo — product recall
  • Norwegian Bokmål: tilbakekalling — product recall
  • Turkish: hatalı ürünü geri isteme — product recall
  • Finnish: takaisinkutsufunktio — function pointer passed to another function
  • French: fonction de rappel — function pointer passed to another function
  • German: Rückruffunktion — function pointer passed to another function
  • Italian: callback — function pointer passed to another function
  • Persian: مهیال — function pointer passed to another function
  • Persian: فراهمال — function pointer passed to another function
  • Turkish: bildir — function pointer passed to another function
  • Turkish: geri ara — function pointer passed to another function