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   recall

   /rɪˈkɔːl/

   verb

   • 1. bring (a fact, event, or situation) back into one's mind; remember: "I can still vaguely recall being taken to the hospital" Similar rememberrecollectcall to mindthink ofthink back on/tolook back oncast one's mind back toreminisce abouthark back tomindOpposite forget
   • ▪ cause one to remember or think of: "the film's analysis of contemporary concerns recalls" Similar bring to mindcall to mindput one in mind ofcall upsummon upconjure upevokeechoallude to
   • ▪ bring the memory or thought of someone or something to (a person or their mind): "the smell of a blackcurrant bush has ever since recalled to me that evening"
   • ▪ call up (stored computer data) for processing or display: "students can recall templates or stored formats"
   • 2. officially order (someone) to return to a place: "the Panamanian ambassador was recalled from Peru" Similar summon backorder backcall backbring backOpposite dissolveprorogue
   • ▪ select (a sports player) as a member of a team from which they have previously been dropped: "the Fulham defender has been recalled to the Welsh squad for the World Cup"
   • ▪ (of a manufacturer) request all the purchasers of (a certain product) to return it, as the result of the discovery of a fault: "all 5,128 of its UK Corsas were being recalled because of an electrical fault"
   • ▪ bring (someone) out of a state of inattention or reverie: "her action recalled him to the present"
   • ▪ revoke or annul (an action or decision): archaic "he sent another note to Lord Grey recalling his earlier communication" Similar revokerescindcancelretractcountermandtake backwithdrawrepealvetooverruleoverrideabrogateannulinvalidatenullifydeclare null and voidvoidrare:disannulnegateOpposite ratifyconfirm

   noun

   • 1. the action or faculty of remembering something learned or experienced: "people's understanding and subsequent recall of stories or events" Similar recollectionmemoryremembrancetechnical:anamnesis
   • 2. an act or instance of officially recalling someone or something: "a recall of Parliament" Similar summoning backordering backcalling backsummonsrevocationrescindingcancellationcancellingretractionretractingcountermandingwithdrawalabrogationrepealvetoingvetoannulmentinvalidationnullificationrare:rescission
   • ▪ the removal of an elected government official from office by a petition followed by voting. North American
   • 3. the proportion of the number of relevant documents retrieved from a database in response to an inquiry: "expert systems can produce solutions with the speed, recall, accuracy, and consistency that only a computer can provide"

   Word Origin late 16th century (as a verb): from re- ‘again’ + call, suggested by Latin revocare or French rappeler ‘call back’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. recallable adjective

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   What does recall mean?

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   What is the difference between recall and recall?

   • remember implies a keeping in memory that may be effortless or unwilled. recollect implies a bringing back to mind what is lost or scattered. recall suggests an effort to bring back to mind and often to re-create in speech. remind suggests a jogging of one's memory by an association or similarity.

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   Is recall a noun or noun?

   • Recall is also a noun . In sport, if a player is recalled to a team, he or she is included in that team again after being left out. Recall is also a noun. If a company recalls a product, it asks the shops or the people who have bought that product to return it because there is something wrong with it.

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   How do you use the word recalled in a sentence?

   • 1. recollect, remember, call up, evoke, summon up, reminisce about, call to mind, look or think back to, mind (dialect) I recalled the way they had been dancing together. 2. bring to mind, call up, evoke, conjure up, call to mind, put you in mind of His speech recalled that famous election pledge of his father.

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   • Recall: Italian Translation

     RECALL translate: ricordare, richiamare (prodotto...

   • Recall: Polish Translation

     RECALL translate: przypominać sobie, odwołać, wycofać,...

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     RECALL translate: припоминать , отзывать (посла, депутата) ....

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     RECALL translate: zurückrufen, sich errinnern, die...

   • Recall: Korean Translation

     RECALL translate: 기억해내다, 회수하다, 리콜하다. Learn more in the...

   • Recall: Catalan Translation

     recall translate: recordar, retirar del mercat. Learn more...

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   The meaning of RECALL is cancel, revoke. How to use recall in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Recall.

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   Recall definition: to bring back from memory; recollect; remember. See examples of RECALL used in a sentence.

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   recall in American English. (rɪˈkɔl ; also, & for n. & 4 usually, ˈriˌkɔl ) verb transitive. 1. to call back; ask or order to return; specif., to ask purchasers to return (an imperfect or dangerous product), often so that a manufacturing defect can be corrected. 2.

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   Define recall. recall synonyms, recall pronunciation, recall translation, English dictionary definition of recall. tr.v. re·called , re·call·ing , re·calls 1. To ask or order to return: recalled all workers who had been laid off.

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    When you recall something, you remember it, like telling your friend, "As I recall, you said you'd buy my lunch the next time we got together."