recall

Verb

1. (transitive) To withdraw, retract (one's words etc.); to revoke (an order).
2. (transitive) To call back, bring back, or summon (someone) to a specific place, station, etc.
3. (US, transitive) To remove an elected official through a petition and direct vote.
4. (transitive) To bring back (someone) to or from a particular mental or physical state, activity etc.
5. (transitive) To call back (a situation, event, etc.) to one's mind; to remember; to recollect.
6. (transitive) To hearken back to, evoke; to be reminiscent of.
7. (intransitive, transitive) To call again; to call another time.
8. (transitive) To request or order the return of (a faulty product).

Noun

1. (countable, uncountable) The action or fact of calling someone or something back.
2. (US, countable, uncountable) The action or fact of calling someone or something back.
3. (US, countable, uncountable) The action or fact of calling someone or something back.
4. (countable, uncountable) Memory; the ability to remember.
5. (countable, uncountable) The fraction of (all) relevant material that is returned by a search.

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ɹɪˈkɔːl/

Etymology

From re- + call, probably modelled on Latin revocāre, French rappeler, English withcall.

Synonyms

remember

recollect

call back

call to mind

memory

recollection

remembrance

think back

think

🤔

withdraw

think of

retract

reminiscence

revoke

recognize

consider

reflect

cancel

bring back

bear in mind

callback

take back

return

look back

repeal

reminisce

hark back

call in

bring to mind

remembering

retrieve

countermand

study

call

ponder

review

miss

withdrawal

rescind

resemble

cancellation

keep in mind

remind

bethink

come back

restore

call up

abolish

fetch

evoke

Translations

rappeler

ricordare

recordar

richiamare

ricordarsi

herinneren

sich erinnern

se rappeler

se souvenir

zich herinneren

retirar

onthouden

recordar

acordarse

recordar