English Dictionary
Definition of “recall”
recall (rɪˈkɔːl
)
Definitions
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
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
Alternative Forms
reˈcallable adjective
Synonyms
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call back,
bring back,
order back,
summon back
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annul,
withdraw,
call in,
take back,
cancel,
repeal,
call back,
revoke,
retract,
rescind,
nullify,
countermand,
abjure,
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calling back,
bringing back,
summons,
summoning back
Usage examples
He had, I seem to recall , over a hundred words related to female genitalia.
Anthony Masters, CASCADES - THE DAY OF THE DEAD (2001)The wealth of affectionately observed detail about the countryside and the comings and goings of village life suggests total recall.
Country Life (2005)Proponents of the campaign to recall Ms. Roddick showed up at places outside the constituency to pad their numbers, the Premier said.
Globe and Mail (2003)LIKE most adults, I sadly suspect, my recall of the childhood joys of science amounts to very little.
Glasgow Herald (2001)She was very ill-smelling, but I recall her tail and seem to remember she was very well endowed above.
Bernard Cornwell, SHARPE'S TRAFALGAR (2001)
