recall
See also re-call
English
Etymology
From re- + call, probably modelled on Latin revocare, French rappeler, English withcall.
Pronunciation
- IPA: /rɪˈkɔːl/
Verb
recall (third-person singular simple present recalls, present participle recalling, simple past and past participle recalled)
- (transitive) To withdraw, retract (one's words etc.); to revoke (an order). [from 16th c.]
- (transitive) To call back, bring back or summon (someone) to a specific place, station etc. [from 16th c.]
- He was recalled to service after his retirement.
- She was recalled to London for the trial.
- 2011 October 29, Phil McNulty, “Chelsea 3 - 5 Arsenal”, BBC Sport:
- Fernando Torres was recalled in place of the suspended Didier Drogba and he was only denied a goal in the opening seconds by Laurent Koscielny's intervention - a moment that set the tone for game filled with attacking quality and littered with errors.
- (transitive) To bring back (someone) to or from a particular mental or physical state, activity etc. [from 16th c.]
- (transitive) To call back (a situation, event etc.) to one's mind; to remember, recollect. [from 16th c.]
- 1994, Nelson Mandela, Long Walk to Freedom, Abacus 2010, p. 10:
- In fact, I hardly recall any occasion as a child when I was alone.
- 1994, Nelson Mandela, Long Walk to Freedom, Abacus 2010, p. 10:
- (transitive, intransitive) To call again, to call another time. [from 17th c.]
- (transitive) To request or order the return of (a faulty product). [from 20th c.]
Synonyms
Translations
to call (someone) back to a specific place, station
to remember, recollect
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Pronunciation
Noun
recall (countable and uncountable; plural recalls)
- The action or fact of calling someone or something back.
- Memory; the ability to remember.
- In Information retrieval, the fraction of (all) relevant material that is returned by a search
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