recall

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb

To withdraw, retract (one's words etc.); to revoke (an order).
To call back, bring back, or summon (someone) to a specific place, station, etc.
To remove an elected official through a petition and direct vote.
To bring back (someone) to or from a particular mental or physical state, activity etc.
To call back (a situation, event, etc.) to one's mind; to remember; to recollect.
To hearken back to, evoke; to be reminiscent of.
To call again; to call another time.
To request or order the return of (a faulty product).

noun

The action or fact of calling someone or something back.
Request of the return of a faulty product.
The right or procedure by which a public official may be removed from office before the end of their term of office, by a vote of the people to be taken on the filing of a petition signed by a required number or percentage of qualified voters.
The right or procedure by which the decision of a court may be directly reversed or annulled by popular vote, as was advocated, in 1912, in the platform of the Progressive Party for certain cases involving the police power of the state.
Memory; the ability to remember.
The fraction of (all) relevant material that is returned by a search.

Pronunciation

/ɹɪˈkɔːl/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-recall (verb).wav rĭkôl′ rēkôl′ /ɹɪˈkɔl/ /ɹiˈkɔl/ /ɹɪˈkɑl/ [ɹɪˈkʰɑɫ] /ɹiˈkɑl/ [ɹiˈkʰɑɫ] /ˈɹɪkɔl/ /ˈɹiːkɔːl/ rē′kôl′ /ˈɹiˌkɔl/ /ˈɹiˌkɑl/ en-us-recall.ogg

Word forms

recall recalls recalling recalled recal re-call

Etymology

From re- + call, probably modelled on Latin revocāre, French rappeler, English withcall.

Synonyms

withcall abjure backpedal disavow disown eat one's words recall recant retract revoke swallow take back unsay unspeak walk back withdraw sensitivity

Derived words

AFAIR IIRC misrecall nonrecalled recallability recallable recallee recaller recallism recallist recallment unrecalled YDNRC active recall day-after recall test letter of recall pedestrian recall sensory recall total recall

Translations

Arabic: سَحَبَ Bulgarian: отзовавам Finnish: takaisinkutsua French: rappeler German: zurückrufen German: rückrufen Hungarian: visszavon Hungarian: bevon Hungarian: visszahív Indonesian: menarik Italian: richiamare Italian: ritirare Norwegian Bokmål: tilbakekalle Portuguese: convocar Russian: отзывать Russian: отозвать Spanish: retirar Swedish: återkalla Welsh: adalw Welsh: adennill

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