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1recall
verb re·call \ri-ˈkȯl\
: to remember (something) from the past
: to ask or order (someone) to return
: to ask people to return (a product with a defect or problem)
Full Definition of RECALL
transitive verb
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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
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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
Synonym Discussion of RECALL
remember, recollect, recall, remind, reminisce mean to bring an image or idea from the past into the mind. remember implies a keeping in memory that may be effortless or unwilled <remembers that day as though it were yesterday>. recollect implies a bringing back to mind what is lost or scattered <as near as I can recollect>. recall suggests an effort to bring back to mind and often to re-create in speech <can't recall the words of the song>. remind suggests a jogging of one's memory by an association or similarity <that reminds me of a story>. reminisce implies a casual often nostalgic recalling of experiences long past and gone <old college friends like to reminisce>.
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
2recall
noun re·call \ri-ˈkȯl, ˈrē-ˌ\
: an official order for someone or something to return
: a request by a company for people to return a product that has a defect or problem
: the ability to remember what has been learned or experienced in the past
Full Definition of RECALL
1
: 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
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First Known Use of RECALL
1611
Related to RECALL
- Synonyms
- anamnesis, memory, recollection, remembrance, reminiscence
- Antonyms
- continuation
RECALL Defined for Kids
1recall
verb re·call \ri-ˈkȯl\
re·calledre·call·ing
Definition of RECALL for Kids
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: to bring back to mind : remember <I don't recall the address.>
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: to ask or order to come back <Soldiers recently sent home were recalled.>
2recall
noun re·call \ri-ˈkȯl, ˈrē-ˌkȯl\
Definition of RECALL for Kids
1
: the ability to remember or an instance of remembering
2
: a command to return
Medical Dictionary
recall
noun re·call \ri-ˈkȯl, ˈrē-ˌ\
Medical Definition of RECALL
: remembrance of what has been previously learned or experienced
—re·call \ri-ˈkȯl\ transitive verb
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