recall
Part of speech: verb
noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: government
politics
Etymology: From re- + call, probably modelled on Latin revocāre, French rappeler, English withcall.
Base: call
Affixes: re-
Inflected forms:
form: recalls
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: recalling
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: recalled
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: recalled
pos: verb
tags: past
form: recal
pos: verb
tags: alternative
obsolete
form: re-call
pos: verb
tags: alternative
form: recalls
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: recal
pos: noun
tags: alternative
obsolete
form: re-call
pos: noun
tags: alternative
Senses:
gloss: To withdraw, retract (one's words etc.); to revoke (an order).
pos: verb
tags: transitive
gloss: To call back, bring back, or summon (someone) to a specific place, station, etc.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: He was recalled to service after his retirement.
She was recalled to London for the trial.
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.
gloss: To remove an elected official through a petition and direct vote.
pos: verb
tags: US
transitive
examples: 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.
gloss: To bring back (someone) to or from a particular mental or physical state, activity etc.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
gloss: To call back (a situation, event, etc.) to one's mind; to remember; to recollect.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
transitive
examples: 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.
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
In fact, I hardly recall any occasion as a child when I was alone.
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.
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.
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.
“I remember what kind of game it was,” [Brian] Ferentz said, who was Iowa’s run-game coordinator in 2015. “It was not a shootout, if I recall correctly. I do recall correctly. We had to come up with a stop on the goal line; that ultimately is what won that football game in 2015.[…]”
gloss: To hearken back to, evoke; to be reminiscent of.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: "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.
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.
gloss: To call again; to call another time.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
transitive
gloss: To request or order the return of (a faulty product).
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: 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.
gloss: The action or fact of calling someone or something back.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: recall campaign
The recall said that no injuries related to the potentially unsterile facility have been reported.
gloss: The action or fact of calling someone or something back.
pos: noun
tags: US
countable
uncountable
examples: recall petition
representative recall
gloss: The action or fact of calling someone or something back.
pos: noun
tags: US
countable
uncountable
gloss: Memory; the ability to remember.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: One little-known incident in No. 49's life is worth recall.
gloss: The fraction of (all) relevant material that is returned by a search.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: precision and recall
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:
lang: Arabic
word: سَحَبَ
roman: saḥaba
lang: Bulgarian
word: отзовавам
roman: otzovavam
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 召回
roman: zhàohuí
lang: Finnish
word: takaisinkutsua
lang: French
word: rappeler
lang: German
word: zurückrufen
lang: German
word: rückrufen
lang: Hungarian
word: visszavon
lang: Hungarian
word: bevon
lang: Hungarian
word: visszahív
lang: Indonesian
word: menarik
lang: Italian
word: richiamare
lang: Italian
word: ritirare
lang: Norwegian Bokmål
word: tilbakekalle
lang: Portuguese
word: convocar
lang: Russian
word: отзывать
roman: otzyvatʹ
lang: Russian
word: отозвать
roman: otozvatʹ
lang: Spanish
word: retirar
lang: Swedish
word: återkalla
lang: Welsh
word: adalw
lang: Welsh
word: adennill