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call screening

call screening noun: the process of evaluating the characteristics of a telephone call before a conversation. Some methods may include.

Noun

call screening (uncountable)

  1. The process of evaluating the characteristics of a telephone call before a conversation. Some methods may include
    • listening to the message being recorded on an answering machine,
    • checking a Calling Identity Display device,

Questions about call screening

What does call screening mean?
Call screening means the process of evaluating the characteristics of a telephone call before a conversation. Some methods may include.
What part of speech is call screening?
Call screening is a noun.

Words near call screening in the dictionary

  1. call premiums
  2. call rate
  3. call rates
  4. call roll
  5. call round
  6. call screening
  7. call sheet
  8. call sheets
  9. call sign
  10. call signs
  11. call site

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