recall
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About Our Definitions: All forms of a word (noun, verb, etc.) are now displayed on one page.1re·call
transitive verb \ri-ˈkȯl\Definition of RECALL
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a : to call back <was recalled to active duty> <a pitcher recalled from the minors> b : to bring back to mind <recalled seeing her somewhere before> c : to remind one of : resemble <a playwright who recalls the Elizabethan dramatists>
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— re·call·abil·i·ty \-ˌkȯ-lə-ˈbi-lə-tē\ noun
— re·call·able \-ˈkȯ-lə-bəl\ adjective
— re·call·er noun
Examples of RECALL
- She wanted to send him a letter but couldn't recall his address.
- I don't recall what time they said they would be here.
- It is important to recall that not very long ago cell phones did not exist.
- From what I recall, I think the library is two blocks down on the left.
- “The first time we met,” he recalled, “we got into a big argument.”
- As you may recall, we had agreed that decisions would require prior approval.
- “What's his address?” “I don't recall.”
- The ambassador was recalled from abroad.
- The factory is recalling all the cars because of a problem with the brakes.
- Officials recalled two tons of contaminated meat today.
First Known Use of RECALL
15th century
Related to RECALL
- Synonyms
- flash back (to), hark back (to), harken back (to), hearken back (to), mind [chiefly dialect], remember, recollect, reminisce (about), reproduce, think (of)
- Antonyms
- disremember, forget, unlearn
See Synonym Discussion at remember
Rhymes with RECALL
ALGOL, and all, Antall, appall, Argall, argol, air ball, ashfall, at all, atoll, AWOL, baseball, beach ball, beanball, befall, Bengal, best-ball, birdcall, blackball, Bokmål, bookstall, box stall, bradawl, brick wall, broomball, catcall, catchall, cell wall, COBOL, cold call, cornball, Cornwall, crown gall, cue ball, cure-all, curveball, deadfall, de Gaulle, dodgeball, downfall, downhaul, drywall, duck call, eight ball, enthrall, eyeball, fair ball, fastball, fireball, fire wall, foosball, football, footfall, footwall, forestall, forkball, foul ball, four-ball, fourth wall, free-fall, gadwall, game ball, glycol, golf ball, Goodall, goofball, googol, guildhall, hair ball, handball, hardball, headstall, heelball, highball, holdall, house call, icefall, infall, install, John Paul, jump ball, keelhaul, know-all, landfall, Landsmål, line-haul, line squall, lowball, Maillol, meatball, menthol, mess hall, miscall, mothball, Naipaul, naphthol, Nepal, nightfall, nutgall, oddball, outfall, outhaul, paintball, pinball, pitfall, plimsoll, pratfall, prayer shawl, pub crawl, puffball, punchball, pushball, rainfall, rainsquall, rial, Riksmål, rockfall, roll call, rorqual, Saint Paul, save-all, screwball, seawall, short-haul, shortfall, sick call, sidewall, sleazeball, slimeball, snowball, snowfall, softball, sour ball, speedball, spitball, stickball, stonewall, stone wall, stoopball, strip mall, T-ball, tea ball, tell-all, three-ball, toll call, town hall, trackball, Tyrol, Udall, Walsall, what all, whip stall, Whitehall, whitewall, windfall, windgall, withal, you-all
2re·call
noun \ri-ˈkȯl, ˈrē-ˌ\Definition of RECALL
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: a call to return <a recall of workers after a layoff>
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: the right or procedure by which an official may be removed by vote of the people
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: remembrance of what has been learned or experienced
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: the act of revoking
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: a public call by a manufacturer for the return of a product that may be defective or contaminated
See Examples of RECALL
- They issued a recall of workers after the layoff.
- The factory has issued a recall of all cars with the defective brakes.
- She did mental exercises meant to improve her recall.
First Known Use of RECALL
1611
Related to RECALL
- Synonyms
- anamnesis, memory, recollection, remembrance, reminiscence
- Antonyms
- continuation
re·call
noun \ri-ˈkȯl, ˈrē-ˌ\ (Medical Dictionary)Medical Definition of RECALL
: remembrance of what has been previously learned or experienced
—re·call \ri-ˈkȯl\ transitive verb
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