recall
1. a request by the manufacturer of a defective product to return the product (as for replacement or repair)
• Syn:
callback
• Derivationally related forms:
call back (for: callback)
• Hypernyms:
request, asking
2. a call to return
- the recall of our ambassador
• Hypernyms:
call
3. a bugle call that signals troops to return
• Hypernyms:
bugle call
4. the process of remembering (especially the process of recovering information by mental effort)
- he has total recall of the episode
• Syn:
recollection, reminiscence
• Derivationally related forms:
reminiscent (for: reminiscence), reminisce (for: reminiscence), recollect (for: recollection)
• Hypernyms:
memory, remembering
• Hyponyms:
mind, reconstruction, reconstructive memory, reproduction, reproductive memory, regurgitation
5. the act of removing an official by petition
• Regions:
United States, United States of America, America, the States, US,
U.S., USA, U.S.A.
• Hypernyms:
abrogation, repeal, annulment
1. recall knowledge from memory;
have a recollection (Freq. 47)
- 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
• Syn:
remember, retrieve, call back, call up, recollect, think
• Ant:
forget (for: remember)
• See Also:
think back (for: think)
• Derivationally related forms:
thought (for: think), think (for: think), recollective (for: recollect), recollection (for: recollect), retrieval (for: retrieve), remembrance (for: remember), remembering (for: remember)
• Hyponyms:
know, recognize, recognise, review, brush up, refresh
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
- Somebody ----s VERB-ing
- They won't recall the story
2. go back to something earlier (Freq. 4)
- This harks back to a previous remark of his
• Syn:
hark back, return, come back
• Hypernyms:
denote, refer
• Hyponyms:
recur, go back
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s PP
3. summon to return (Freq. 1)
- The ambassador was recalled to his country
- The company called back many of the workers it had laid off during the recession
• Syn:
call back
• Derivationally related forms:
call-back (for: call back)
• Hypernyms:
call, send for
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s somebody
4. call to mind (Freq. 1)
- His words echoed John F. Kennedy
• Syn:
echo
• Derivationally related forms:
echo (for: echo)
• Hypernyms:
resemble
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s somebody
- Something ----s something
5. cause one's (or someone else's) thoughts or attention to return from a reverie or digression (Freq. 1)
- She was recalled by a loud laugh
• Hypernyms:
concentrate, focus, center, centre, pore, rivet
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s
- Somebody ----s somebody
- Something ----s somebody
6. make unavailable;
bar from sale or distribution
- The company recalled the product when it was found to be faulty
• Ant:
issue
• Hypernyms:
cancel, strike down
• Hyponyms:
retire
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
7. cause to be returned
- recall the defective auto tires
- The manufacturer tried to call back the spoilt yoghurt
• Syn:
call in, call back, withdraw
• Derivationally related forms:
callback (for: call back)
• Hypernyms:
take
• Hyponyms:
decommission
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
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