recall
//ɹɪˈkɔːl//
Forms
- present (v1)
- recall
- past (v2)
- recalled
- past participle (v3)
- recalled
- present participle
- recalling
- 3rd person singular
- recalls
- Plural
- recalls
Definitions
1.To withdraw, retract (one's words etc.); to revoke (an order).
2.To call back, bring back, or summon (someone) to a specific place, station, etc.
- She was recalled to London for the trial.
- He was recalled to service after his retirement.
3.To remove an elected official through a petition and direct vote.
4.To bring back (someone) to or from a particular mental or physical state, activity etc.
1.The action or fact of calling someone or something back.
- The recall said that no injuries related to the potentially unsterile facility have been reported.
2.Memory; the ability to remember.
- One little-known incident in No. 49's life is worth recall.
3.The fraction of (all) relevant material that is returned by a search.
Frequency
Overall
Common· #1481
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Rare
- General reading & writing
- Common
- Academic
- Rare
- Literature
- Rare
Related words
Etymology
From re- + call, probably modelled on Latin revocāre, French rappeler, English withcall.