recall
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɹɪˈkɔːl/
enpr: rĭkôl′
enpr: rēkôl′
ipa: /ɹɪˈkɔl/
ipa: /ɹiˈkɔl/
ipa: /ɹɪˈkɑl/
ipa: [ɹɪˈkʰɑɫ]
ipa: /ɹiˈkɑl/
ipa: [ɹiˈkʰɑɫ]
note: in sense 8
ipa: /ˈɹɪkɔl/
rhymes: -ɔːl
Forms: form: recalls
form: recalling
form: recalled
form: recalled
form: recal
form: re-call
Etymology: From re- + call, probably modelled on Latin revocāre, French rappeler, English withcall.
Senses: synonyms: word: withcall
word: abjure
word: backpedal
word: disavow
word: disown
word: eat one's words
word: recall
word: recant
word: retract
word: revoke
word: swallow
word: take back
word: unsay
word: unspeak
word: walk back
word: withcall
word: withdraw
glosses: To withdraw, retract (one's words etc.); to revoke (an order).
examples: text: He was recalled to service after his retirement.
text: She was recalled to London for the trial.
text: Fernando Torres was recalled in place of the suspended Didier Drogba and he was only denied a goal in the opening seconds by Laurent Koscielny's intervention - a moment that set the tone for game filled with attacking quality and littered with errors.
ref: 2011 October 29, Phil McNulty, “Chelsea 3 - 5 Arsenal”, in BBC Sport:
glosses: To call back, bring back, or summon (someone) to a specific place, station, etc.
examples: text: That stop-start-stop has created a groundswell of anger toward Mr. Newsom, a Democrat in the third year of his first term, that is increasingly fueling a movement to recall him from office in one of the bluest of blue states.
ref: 2021 February 19, Nellie Bowles, “Hurt by Lockdowns, California’s Small Businesses Push to Recall Governor”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
topics: government
politics
glosses: To remove an elected official through a petition and direct vote.
glosses: To bring back (someone) to or from a particular mental or physical state, activity etc.
examples: text: Nevertheless, there were many passengers on the recent special trains to whom the immaculate little 80-year-old "Terrier," No. 32636, formerly Fenchurch, and its two L.B.S.C.R. coaches, recalled nostalgic memories of the old days on the line, when the trains were always spick and span; and days when the Kemp Town branch train was packed to capacity.
ref: 1952 December, R. C. Riley, “By Rail to Kemp Town”, in Railway Magazine, page 836:
text: So many people have come and gone
Their faces fade as the years go by
Yet I still recall as I wander on
As clear as the sun in the summer sky
ref: 1976 August 25, Tom Scholz, “More Than a Feeling”, in Boston, performed by Boston:
text: In fact, I hardly recall any occasion as a child when I was alone.
ref: 1994, Nelson Mandela, Long Walk to Freedom, Abacus, published 2010, page 10:
text: He recalls that experience in a smooth, speedy story, “The Monster Mash,” but these days he’s not sure he liked it too much — the disembowelings, the coolers of brains, the stench of decomposing corpses (“the smell of job security,” as one pathologist puts it) terrify him.
ref: 2008 June 15, Vanessa Grigoriadis, “Up in Smoke”, in The New York Times:
text: Ferguson, perhaps recalling how United had been comprehensively outfought in the 3-1 defeat at Liverpool last season, opted for a side with a more pragmatic look with Phil Jones moved into a midfield role.
ref: 2011 October 15, Phil McNulty, “Liverpool 1 - 1 Man Utd”, in BBC Sport:
text: The scenework proves unsuccessful when Carmichael recalls not the source of her misandry but another episode of overacting, that of castratively biting off the moustache of an amorous man.
ref: 2016, Leslie H. Abramson, Hitchcock & the Anxiety of Authorship:
glosses: To call back (a situation, event, etc.) to one's mind; to remember; to recollect.
examples: text: "The twinkling of the dancers' feet" comes to us in the Odyssey as a memory from that palace of Alkinoos, whose wonders recall to us so much that we have found in Crete.
ref: 1907, Ronald M. Burrows, The Discoveries In Crete, page 6:
text: The police had brought two civilians with them, including the 19-year-old son of one officer who helped to carry out the beer which was seized as evidence. Both were registered as ride alongs that night and their presence did not violate any laws, but Bouza saw this as another instance in which the officers showed "questionable judgment." This recalled an incident last February when three police officers brought their girlfriends along when raiding a gay bathhouse.
ref: 1983 August 20, Ruth Borenstein, “Harassment, Bad Judgment Cited in Twin Cities Bust”, in Gay Community News, volume 11, number 6, page 6:
glosses: To hearken back to, evoke; to be reminiscent of.
glosses: To call again; to call another time.
examples: text: On Feb. 26, the FDA posted a voluntary recall from Brassica Pharma, which is recalling several eye ointments with expiration dates ranging from February 2024 to September 2025.
ref: 2024 February 28, Ramishah Maruf, “Popular eye ointments may not be sterile, recall warns”, in CNN:
glosses: To request or order the return of (a faulty product).