recall in English dictionary

  • recall

    Meanings and definitions of "recall"

    • (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.]
    • (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.]
    • (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.]
    • 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
    • noun
      The action or fact of calling someone or something back.
    • noun
      Memory; the ability to remember.
    • noun
      (information retrieval)
      the fraction of (all) relevant material that is returned by a search
    • verb
      (transitive)
      To withdraw, retract (one's words etc.); to revoke (an order). [from 16th c.]
    • verb
      (transitive)
      To call back, bring back or summon (someone) to a specific place, station etc. [from 16th c.]
    • verb
      (transitive)
      To bring back (someone) to or from a particular mental or physical state, activity etc. [from 16th c.]
    • verb
      (transitive)
      To call back (a situation, event etc.) to one's mind; to remember, recollect. [from 16th c.]
    • verb
      (transitive, intransitive)
      To call again, to call another time. [from 17th c.]
    • verb
      (transitive)
      To request or order the return of (a faulty product). [from 20th c.]
    • to call (someone) back to a specific place, station
    • to remember, recollect
    • to order the return of (faulty product)
    • summons (home)
    • To recall from memory.
    • noun
      a bugle call that signals troops to return
    • noun
      a call to return; "the recall of our ambassador"
    • noun
      a request by the manufacturer of a defective product to return the product (as for replacement or repair)
    • noun
      the act of removing an official by petition
    • noun
      the process of remembering (especially the process of recovering information by mental effort); "he has total recall of the episode"
    • verb
      call to mind; "His words echoed John F. Kennedy"
    • verb
      cause one's (or someone else's) thoughts or attention to return from a reverie or digression; "She was recalled by a loud laugh"
    • verb
      cause to be returned; "recall the defective auto tires"; "The manufacturer tried to call back the spoilt yoghurt"
    • verb
      go back to something earlier; "This harks back to a previous remark of his"
    • verb
      make unavailable; bar from sale or distribution; "The company recalled the product when it was found to be faulty"
    • verb
      recall knowledge from memory; have a recollection; "I can't remember saying any such thing"; "I can't think what her last name was"; "can you remember her phone number?"; "Do you remember that he once loved you?"; "call up memories"
    • verb
      summon to return; "The ambassador was recalled to his country"; "The company called back many of the workers it had laid off during the recession"

    Synonyms of "recall" in English dictionary

    remembering, asking, hark back are the top synonyms of "recall" in the English thesaurus.

    Antonyms of "recall" in English dictionary

    issue, forget are the top antonyms of "recall" in the English thesaurus.

    Grammar and declension of recall

    • recall ( third-person singular simple present recalls, present participle recalling, simple past and past participle recalled)
    • recall ( countable and uncountable;  plural  recalls)
    • recall (countable and uncountable, plural recalls)
    • recall (third-person singular simple present recalls, present participle recalling, simple past and past participle recalled)
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