English noun: recall | |||
1. | recall (communication) a request by the manufacturer of a defective product to return the product (as for replacement or repair) | ||
Synonyms | callback | ||
Broader (hypernym) | asking, request | ||
2. | recall (communication) a call to return | ||
Samples | The recall of our ambassador. | ||
Broader (hypernym) | call | ||
3. | recall (communication) a bugle call that signals troops to return | ||
Broader (hypernym) | bugle call | ||
4. | recall (cognition) the process of remembering (especially the process of recovering information by mental effort) | ||
Samples | He has total recall of the episode. | ||
Synonyms | recollection, reminiscence | ||
Broader (hypernym) | memory, remembering | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | mind, reconstruction, reconstructive memory, regurgitation, reproduction, reproductive memory | ||
5. | recall (act) the act of removing an official by petition | ||
Broader (hypernym) | abrogation, annulment, repeal | ||
Domain region | America, the States, U.S., U.S.A., United States, United States of America, US, USA | ||
English verb: recall | |||
1. | recall (cognition) recall knowledge from memory; have a recollection | ||
Samples | 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. | ||
Examples | They won't recall the story | ||
Synonyms | call back, call up, recollect, remember, retrieve, think | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s that CLAUSE. Somebody ----s VERB-ing | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | brush up, know, recognise, recognize, refresh, review | ||
Antonyms | blank out, draw a blank, forget, block | ||
2. | recall (communication) go back to something earlier | ||
Samples | This harks back to a previous remark of his. | ||
Synonyms | come back, hark back, return | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s PP | ||
Broader (hypernym) | denote, refer | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | go back, recur | ||
3. | recall (stative) call to mind | ||
Samples | His words echoed John F. Kennedy. | ||
Synonyms | echo | ||
Pattern of use | Something ----s somebody. Something ----s something | ||
Broader (hypernym) | resemble | ||
4. | recall (communication) summon to return | ||
Samples | The ambassador was recalled to his country. The company called back many of the workers it had laid off during the recession. | ||
Synonyms | call back | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s somebody | ||
Broader (hypernym) | call, send for | ||
5. | recall (cognition) cause one's (or someone else's) thoughts or attention to return from a reverie or digression | ||
Samples | She was recalled by a loud laugh. | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s. Somebody ----s somebody. Something ----s somebody | ||
Broader (hypernym) | center, centre, concentrate, focus, pore, rivet | ||
6. | recall (social) make unavailable; bar from sale or distribution | ||
Samples | The company recalled the product when it was found to be faulty. | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
Broader (hypernym) | cancel, strike down | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | retire | ||
Antonyms | issue, supply | ||
7. | recall (possession) cause to be returned | ||
Samples | Recall the defective auto tires. The manufacturer tried to call back the spoilt yoghurt. | ||
Synonyms | call back, call in, withdraw | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
Broader (hypernym) | take | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | decommission | ||