[
US
/ˈɹiˌkɔɫ, ɹɪˈkɔɫ/
]
VERB
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go back to something earlier
This harks back to a previous remark of his -
cause to be returned
recall the defective auto tires
The manufacturer tried to call back the spoilt yoghurt -
cause one's (or someone else's) thoughts or attention to return from a reverie or digression
She was recalled by a loud laugh -
make unavailable; bar from sale or distribution
The company recalled the product when it was found to be faulty -
call to mind
His words echoed John F. Kennedy -
recall knowledge from memory; have a recollection
Do you remember that he once loved you?
can you remember her phone number?
I can't think what her last name was
call up memories
I can't remember saying any such thing -
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
NOUN
- a request by the manufacturer of a defective product to return the product (as for replacement or repair)
- a bugle call that signals troops to return
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a call to return
the recall of our ambassador - the act of removing an official by petition
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the process of remembering (especially the process of recovering information by mental effort)
he has total recall of the episode
How To Use recall In A Sentence
- I could be wrong but as I recall in Batman Begins Batman 'growled' his lines just a few times but to very strong effect. All of The Dark Knight's Broken Records - Box Office Dominance! « FirstShowing.net
- He recalls that, in the painful heat of the moment, he was ‘the first to miscall the parentage’ of the future Scotland manager.
- The Chorus also recalls how Bacchus' mother, a mortal woman, was killed after she was tragically struck by Zeus' thunderbolt.
- It is critical to an understanding of deixis to recall that even very ‘local’ elements of context, such as a speaker's own corporeal experience and perceptual field, are susceptible of schematisation.
- Other cast members recalled the incident on Twitter. Times, Sunday Times
- Flat lawns are formed into an abstract pattern that recalls tectonic fractures and fissures in the earth's surface, their edges defined by dark grey concrete retaining walls.
- ‘Our wedding meal was the first kosher food we ever ate,’ recalled Sarah years later.
- The neighbours, he recalls, allowed him to play until a daily curfew of 10 pm.
- She emotionally recalls what it was like as a teenager running into her homeless dad on the streets and pretending she didn't know him.
- As Hayden recalled the velvety softness of her breast against his palm, a pang of guilt stabbed him. One Night Of Scandal
