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callback

Pronunciation: /ˈkɔːlbak/
Definition of callback

noun

  • 1an invitation to return for a second audition or interview: he was one of only twelve applicants to receive a callback
  • 2a telephone call made to return one that someone has received.
  • 3 [mass noun] a security feature used by some computer systems accessed by telephone, in which a user must log on from a previously registered phone number, to which the system then places a return call.

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Definition of callback in the US English dictionary
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