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| 1. | [ verb ] recall knowledge from memory; have a recollection | |
| Synonyms: | remember think recollect call_up remind call_back retrieve | |
| Examples: | : "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" |
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| Related terms: | forget recognize review know remember idea think retrieval | |
| 2. | [ verb ] go back to something earlier | |
| Synonyms: | return come_back hark_back | |
| Examples: | "This harks back to a previous remark of his" |
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| Related terms: | denote recur | |
| 3. | [ verb ] cause one's (or someone else's) thoughts or attention to return from a reverie or digression | |
| Examples: | "She was recalled by a loud laugh" |
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| Related terms: | concentrate | |
| 4. | [ verb ] call to mind | |
| Synonyms: | echo | |
| Examples: | : "His words echoed John F. Kennedy" |
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| Related terms: | resemble echo | |
| 5. | [ verb ] summon to return | |
| Synonyms: | call_back | |
| Examples: | "The ambassador was recalled to his country" "The company called back many of the workers it had laid off during the recession" |
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| Related terms: | call call-back | |
| 6. | [ verb ] make unavailable; bar from sale or distribution | |
| Examples: | "The company recalled the product when it was found to be faulty" |
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| Related terms: | issue cancel retire call_in callback | |
| 7. | [ noun ] the process of remembering (especially the process of recovering information by mental effort) | |
| Synonyms: | recollection reminiscence | |
| Examples: | "he has total recall of the episode" |
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| Related terms: | memory mind reproduction regurgitation reconstruction reminisce | |
| 8. | [ noun ] (psychology) the ability to recall past occurrences | |
| Synonyms: | recollection remembrance anamnesis | |
| Related terms: | memory memory mind reminiscence reconstruction remember remember commemorate | |
| 9. | [ noun ] (military) a bugle call that signals troops to return | |
| Related terms: | bugle_call | |
| 10. | [ noun ] a call to return | |
| Examples: | "the recall of our ambassador" |
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| Related terms: | call | |
| 11. | [ verb ] cause to be returned | |
| Synonyms: | withdraw call_back call_in | |
| Examples: | "recall the defective auto tires" The manufacturer tried to call back the spoilt yoghurt" |
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| Related terms: | take decommission callback | |
| 12. | [ noun ] a request by the manufacturer of a defective product to return the product (as for replacement or repair) | |
| Synonyms: | callback | |
| Related terms: | request | |
| 13. | [ noun ] (law,politics) the act of removing an official by petition | |
| Related terms: | abrogation US | |
| Similar spelling: |
rescale regally regal resell reseal resale regale Reagle Reichel regalia reassail |
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