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re·call
(rĭ-kôl′)tr.v. re·called, re·call·ing, re·calls
1. To ask or order to return: recalled all workers who had been laid off.
2.
a. To remember; recollect: I don't recall her name.
b. To be reminiscent of; seem similar to: a movie that recalls the screwball comedies of the 1940s.
c. To summon back to awareness of or concern with the subject or situation at hand: The opening of the door recalled me from my reverie.
3. To cancel, take back, or revoke: recall a move in chess.
4. To bring back; restore: "an atmosphere of penetrating fragrance, the gentle potency of which had recalled her from her death-like faintness" (Nathaniel Hawthorne).
5. To subject (an elected official) to a recall.
6. To request return of (a product) to the manufacturer, as for necessary repairs or adjustments.
n. (also rē′kôl′)
1. The act of recalling or summoning back, especially an official order to return: the recall of the ambassador.
2. A signal, such as a bugle call, used to summon troops back to their posts.
3. The ability to remember information or experiences: has total recall of the accident.
4. The act of revoking: the recall of an answer in a spelling bee.
5.
a. The procedure by which an elected official may be removed from office by popular vote.
b. The right to employ this procedure.
6. A request by the manufacturer of a product that has been identified as defective to return it, as for necessary repairs or adjustments.
re·call′a·ble adj.
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recall
(rɪˈkɔːl)vb (tr)
1. (may take a clause as object) to bring back to mind; recollect; remember
2. to order to return; call back permanently or temporarily: to recall an ambassador.
3. to revoke or take back
4. to cause (one's thoughts, attention, etc) to return from a reverie or digression
5. poetic to restore or revive
n
6. the act of recalling or state of being recalled
7. revocation or cancellation
8. the ability to remember things; recollection
9. (Military) military (esp formerly) a signal to call back troops, etc, usually a bugle call: to sound the recall.
10. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) US the process by which elected officials may be deprived of office by popular vote
reˈcallable adj
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re•call
(v. rɪˈkɔl; n. rɪˈkɔl, ˈri kɔl for 7-13;)v.t.
1. to bring back from memory; recollect; remember.
2. to call or order back: to recall an ambassador.
3. to bring (one's thoughts, attention, etc.) back to matters previously considered.
4. to revoke or withdraw: to recall a promise.
5. to revive.
n. 6. an act of recalling.
7. recollection; remembrance.
8. the act or possibility of revoking something.
9. the removal or the right of removal of a public official from office by a vote of the people.
10. a summons by a manufacturer for the return of a product, as from a consumer, because of a known defect or hazard in it.
[1575–85]
re•call′a•ble, adj.
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recall
- lethologica - If you cannot recall the precise word for something, you have a case of lethologica, which may lead you to an obsession with trying to recall it—loganamnosis.
- remember - From Latin rememorari, "recall to mind."
- reduce, reduct - Reduce first meant "bring back or recall in memory" or "take back or refer (a thing) to its origin," from Latin reducere, "lead back"; reduct means "simplify."
- tartle - From Scottish, to hesitate in recognizing a person or thing, as happens when you are introduced to someone whose name you cannot recall; so you say, "Pardon my tartle!"
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recall
Past participle: recalled
Gerund: recalling
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| Noun | 1. | recall - a request by the manufacturer of a defective product to return the product (as for replacement or repair) |
| 2. | recall - a call to return; "the recall of our ambassador" call - a request; "many calls for Christmas stories"; "not many calls for buggywhips" | |
| 3. | recall - a bugle call that signals troops to return bugle call - a signal broadcast by the sound of a bugle | |
| 4. | recall - the process of remembering (especially the process of recovering information by mental effort); "he has total recall of the episode" remembering, memory - the cognitive processes whereby past experience is remembered; "he can do it from memory"; "he enjoyed remembering his father" mind - recall or remembrance; "it came to mind" reconstructive memory, reconstruction - recall that is hypothesized to work by storing abstract features which are then used to construct the memory during recall reproductive memory, reproduction - recall that is hypothesized to work by storing the original stimulus input and reproducing it during recall regurgitation - recall after rote memorization; "he complained that school was just memorization and regurgitation" | |
| 5. | recall - the act of removing an official by petition U.S.A., United States, United States of America, US, USA, America, the States, U.S. - North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean; achieved independence in 1776 | |
| Verb | 1. | recall - recall knowledge from memory; have a recollection; "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" know - perceive as familiar; "I know this voice!" |
| 2. | recall - go back to something earlier; "This harks back to a previous remark of his" | |
| 3. | recall - call to mind; "His words echoed John F. Kennedy" resemble - appear like; be similar or bear a likeness to; "She resembles her mother very much"; "This paper resembles my own work" | |
| 4. | recall - summon to return; "The ambassador was recalled to his country"; "The company called back many of the workers it had laid off during the recession" | |
| 5. | recall - cause one's (or someone else's) thoughts or attention to return from a reverie or digression; "She was recalled by a loud laugh" | |
| 6. | recall - make unavailable; bar from sale or distribution; "The company recalled the product when it was found to be faulty" strike down, cancel - declare null and void; make ineffective; "Cancel the election results"; "strike down a law" retire - withdraw from circulation or from the market, as of bills, shares, and bonds | |
| 7. | recall - cause to be returned; "recall the defective auto tires"; "The manufacturer tried to call back the spoilt yoghurt" take - take into one's possession; "We are taking an orphan from Romania"; "I'll take three salmon steaks" decommission - withdraw from active service; "The warship was decommissioned in 1998" |
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recall
verb
1. recollect, remember, call up, evoke, summon up, reminisce about, call to mind, look or think back to, mind (dialect) I recalled the way they had been dancing together.
2. bring to mind, call up, evoke, conjure up, call to mind, put you in mind of His speech recalled that famous election pledge of his father.
3. call back, bring back, order back, summon back Parliament was recalled from its summer recess.
noun
1. recollection, memory, remembrance He had a total recall of her spoken words.
2. calling back, bringing back, summons, summoning back The recall of the ambassador is a public sign of concern.
3. annulment, withdrawal, repeal, cancellation, retraction, revocation, nullification, rescission, rescindment The appellant sought a recall of the order.
Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002
recall
verb1. To renew an image or thought in the mind:
Idiom: bring to mind.
1. The power of retaining and recalling past experience:
2. The act of reversing or annulling:
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Translations
إسْتِدْعاءإسْتِذْكاريُذَكِّريَسْتَدْعي
paměťpovolání k návratupovolat zpětvzpomenout si
genindkaldelsehuskeevnekalde tilbagemindes
visszahívás
heimkvaîningkalla heimminnimuna
sugrąžinti
atcerēties, atsaukt atmiņāatmiņaatsaukšanaatsauktatsaukums
povolať späť
spomniti se
geri çağırmageri çağırmakhatırlamakhatırlayabilme
recall
[rɪˈkɔːl]A. N
1. (= recollection) → recuerdo m; (= ability to remember) → memoria f
those days are gone beyond recall → aquellos días pasaron al olvido
he has no recall of what he did → no recuerda nada de lo que hizo
to have total recall → tener una memoria infalible
those days are gone beyond recall → aquellos días pasaron al olvido
he has no recall of what he did → no recuerda nada de lo que hizo
to have total recall → tener una memoria infalible
2. (= calling back) [of Parliament] → convocatoria f extraordinaria (Mil) [of troops] → nueva convocatoria f
B. VT
1. (= call back) [+ Parliament] → convocar en sesión extraordinaria; [+ ambassador, capital] → retirar; [+ sports player] → volver a llamar; [+ library book] → reclamar; [+ defective product] → retirar (del mercado) (Mil) (= call up) → llamar (US) (Pol) (= dismiss) → destituir
2. (= remember) → recordar
I can't recall exactly what we agreed → no recuerdo exactamente en qué quedamos
I don't recall saying that → no recuerdo haber dicho eso
I seem to recall that → creo recordar que ...
I can't recall exactly what we agreed → no recuerdo exactamente en qué quedamos
I don't recall saying that → no recuerdo haber dicho eso
I seem to recall that → creo recordar que ...
3. (= bring to mind) → recordar a
it recalls the time when → recuerda a aquella ocasión en la que ...
it recalls the time when → recuerda a aquella ocasión en la que ...
4. (Comput) → volver a llamar
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
recall
[rɪˈkɔːl] vt
(= remember) → se rappeler, se souvenir de
to recall (that) ... → se rappeler que ...
to recall doing sth → se rappeler avoir fait qch
to recall sb doing sth → se rappeler que qn a fait qch, se souvenir que qn a fait qch
Do you recall him saying anything about that? → Est-ce que tu te rappelles s'il a dit quelque chose à ce propos?, Est-ce que tu te souviens s'il a dit quelque chose à ce propos?
not to recall sb doing sth → ne pas se rappeler que qn ait fait qch, ne pas se souvenir que qn ait fait qch
I don't recall her mentioning him → Je ne me rappelle pas qu'elle ait fait allusion à lui., Je ne me souviens pas qu'elle ait fait allusion à lui.
to recall (that) ... → se rappeler que ...
to recall doing sth → se rappeler avoir fait qch
to recall sb doing sth → se rappeler que qn a fait qch, se souvenir que qn a fait qch
Do you recall him saying anything about that? → Est-ce que tu te rappelles s'il a dit quelque chose à ce propos?, Est-ce que tu te souviens s'il a dit quelque chose à ce propos?
not to recall sb doing sth → ne pas se rappeler que qn ait fait qch, ne pas se souvenir que qn ait fait qch
I don't recall her mentioning him → Je ne me rappelle pas qu'elle ait fait allusion à lui., Je ne me souviens pas qu'elle ait fait allusion à lui.
(COMMERCE) [+ product] → rappeler
(= evoke) → rappeler
[ˈriːkɔːl] n
(US) (POLITICS) (= deprivation of office) procédure par laquelle un(e) élu(e) peut se voir retirer son mandat par un vote populaire
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recall
vt
(= summon back) → zurückrufen; ambassador → abberufen; library book → zurückfordern; (Fin) capital → zurückfordern, einziehen; Ferguson was recalled to the Scotland squad → Ferguson wurde in die schottische Mannschaft zurückberufen; this music recalls the past → diese Musik ruft die Vergangenheit zurück; to recall somebody to life → jdn ins Leben zurückrufen; her voice recalled him to the present → ihre Stimme brachte ihn in die Wirklichkeit zurück
n
(= summoning back) → Rückruf m; (of ambassador) → Abberufung f; (of library book) → Rückforderung f, → Einmahnung f; (Fin, of capital) → Einzug m; to sound the recall (Mil) → zum Rückzug blasen; this book is on recall → das Buch wird zurückgefordert; recall slip → Aufforderung f → zur Rückgabe eines/des Buches; beyond recall → für immer vorbei; lost/gone beyond recall → für immer verloren/gegangen sein
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
recall
[rɪˈkɔːl]1. n → richiamo
beyond recall → irrevocabile
those days are gone beyond recall → quei tempi sono passati per sempre
beyond recall → irrevocabile
those days are gone beyond recall → quei tempi sono passati per sempre
2. vt
b. (remember) → ricordare, ricordarsi di
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
recall
(riˈkoːl) verb1. to order (a person etc) to return. He had been recalled to his former post.
2. to remember. I don't recall when I last saw him.
noun1. an order to return. the recall of soldiers to duty.
2. (ˈriːkoːl) the ability to remember and repeat what one has seen, heard etc. He has total recall.
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re·call
v. recordar; reclamar; hacer volver; acordarse de.
English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012
recall
n recuperación f (form), recuerdo, memoria a corto plazo, capacidad f para recordar; (of a defective product) retirada (de un producto defectuoso); vt recordar; (a defective product) retirarEnglish-Spanish/Spanish-English Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.