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[ verb ri-kawl ; noun ri-kawl , ree -kawl for 7-9, 12, 13 ; ree -kawl for 10, 11 ] SHOW IPA
/ verb rɪˈkɔl; noun rɪˈkɔl, ˈri kɔl for 7-9, 12, 13 ; ˈri kɔl for 10, 11 / PHONETIC RESPELLING
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verb (used with object) to bring back from memory; recollect; remember: Can you recall what she said?
to call back; summon to return: The army recalled many veterans.
to bring (one's thoughts, attention, etc.) back to matters previously considered: He recalled his mind from pleasant daydreams to the dull task at hand.
International Law . to summon back and withdraw the office from (a diplomat).
to revoke or withdraw: to recall a promise.
to revive.
SEE MORE SEE LESS noun an act of recalling.
recollection; remembrance.
the act or possibility of revoking something.
the removal or the right of removal of a public official from office by a vote of the people taken upon petition of a specified number of the qualified electors.
Also called callback . a summons by a manufacturer or other agency for the return of goods or a product already shipped to market or sold to consumers but discovered to be defective, contaminated, unsafe, or the like.
a signal made by a vessel to recall one of its boats.
a signal displayed to direct a racing yacht to sail across the starting line again.
SEE MORE SEE LESS Origin of recall First recorded in 1575–85; re- + call
SYNONYMS FOR recall 5 rescind, retract, recant, repeal; annul.
7 memory.
9 revocation, retraction, repeal, withdrawal, recantation; nullification.
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synonym study for recall 1 . See remember.
OTHER WORDS FROM recall re·call·a·ble, adjective un·re·call·a·ble, adjective un·re·called, adjective Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020
Example sentences from the Web for recall I was surprised when she revealed herself as one of my fans, even going so far as recall ing the first scene she saw me in.
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“First we targeted the tanks and the jeeps with IEDs,” he said mechanically, as if recall ing a combat briefing.
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I had absolutely no problem in recall ing the dream and remembering I needed to do something about it.
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When Paul McCartney came up with the melody to “Yesterday,” he initially feared that it was an old song that he was recall ing.
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"We were made the foster parents of an icon," says David, recall ing the problems in producing the revival.
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The judges were more concerned with appeasing the people than with recall ing old precedents, and sent the woman to the gallows.
A History of Witchcraft in England from 1558 to 1718 | Wallace Notestein
Then Bill explained the fire building but, recall ing Lois Ann, withheld any further information.
The Man Thou Gavest | Harriet T. Comstock
Recall ing all that, she remembered the happy little breath of laughter which had caught her.
Love and Lucy | Maurice Henry Hewlett
Simple myospasm consists of single twitches in individual muscles, recall ing those produced by electrical excitation.
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"I thank the ma-ma for recall ing the fact to us," he answered.
Eastern Shame Girl | Charles Georges Souli
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British Dictionary definitions for recall verb (tr) (may take a clause as object) to bring back to mind; recollect; remember
to order to return; call back permanently or temporarily to recall an ambassador
to revoke or take back
to cause (one's thoughts, attention, etc) to return from a reverie or digression
poetic to restore or revive
SEE MORE SEE LESS noun the act of recalling or state of being recalled
revocation or cancellation
the ability to remember things; recollection
military (esp formerly) a signal to call back troops, etc, usually a bugle call to sound the recall
US the process by which elected officials may be deprived of office by popular vote
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Derived forms of recall recallable , adjective Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Idioms and Phrases with recall The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
Words related to recall cancellation, withdrawal, summon, remind, evoke, cite, think of, call up, suspend, cancel, dismiss, withdraw, recollection, reminiscence, memory, anamnesis, revocation, annulment, rescission, repeal
Medical definitions for recall n. The ability to remember information or experiences.
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