recall
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.
an act of recalling.
the ability to remember or act of remembering; recollection; remembrance: This is the way it has been done for ages beyond recall.
Psychology. the act or process of retrieving information previously encoded and stored in memory, without being cued by the targeted information itself:Music is often used in education to improve recall of text and factual information.In the interview, careful, open questions are essential to encourage and sustain the child's free recall of events.: Compare recognition (def. 9), retrieval (def. 3).
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.
Origin of recall
1synonym study For recall
Other words for recall
Opposites for recall
Other words from recall
- re·call·a·ble, adjective
- un·re·call·a·ble, adjective
- un·re·called, adjective
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How to use recall in a sentence
“I had started to become disillusioned with the norms of how people put together social structures,” recalls Miller.
DJ Spooky Wants You To Question Everything You Know About Music, Technology, and Philosophy | Oliver Jones | December 27, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe actor recalls an incident when his daughter was younger.
He also recalls the many visitors who would often go to the island to admire its harvests and wildlife.
Drew Servis, 24, was walking home Sunday night and recalls the temperature well below freezing.
Bartender and writer Craig Bridger recalls his first visit to Speyside.
A Whisky Connoisseur Remembers That First Sip of The Macallan | | December 10, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
The Queen recalls the fact that she was married at nine to Andrea, then only a child too; and she has never known love.
Frdric Mistral | Charles Alfred DownerNow, however, thanks to the sumptuousness of his dress, the knight recalls the second picture on his shield.
The Pilgrim's Shell or Fergan the Quarryman | Eugne SueAs one recalls this club, it presents one of the best evidences of the barrenness of the working-girl's life in New York.
The Leaven in a Great City | Lillian William BettsThis subject of Latin that has been dinned into our ears for some time past recalls to my mind a story—a story of my youth.
Maupassant Original Short Stories (180), Complete | Guy de MaupassantShe is said to think intelligible entities when, by applying herself to them, she recalls them.
Plotinos: Complete Works, v. 3 | Plotinos (Plotinus)
British Dictionary definitions for recall
/ (rɪˈkɔːl) /
(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
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
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
Other Idioms and Phrases with recall
see beyond recall.
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