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    recall
    /rɪˈkɔːl/

    verb

    • 1. bring (a fact, event, or situation) back into one's mind; remember: "I can still vaguely recall being taken to the hospital" Similar rememberrecollectcall to mindthink ofOpposite forget
    • 2. officially order (someone) to return to a place: "the Panamanian ambassador was recalled from Peru" Similar summon backorder backcall backbring backOpposite dissolveprorogue

    noun

    • 1. the action or faculty of remembering something learned or experienced: "people's understanding and subsequent recall of stories or events" Similar recollectionmemoryremembrancetechnical:anamnesis
    • 2. an act or instance of officially recalling someone or something: "a recall of Parliament" Similar summoning backordering backcalling backsummons

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  2. to cause you to think of a particular event, situation, or style: His paintings recall the style of Picasso. More examples. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. recall verb (CALL BACK) [ T ] to order the return of a person who belongs to an organization or of products made by a company: The ambassador was recalled when war broke out.

  3. to cause you to think of a particular event, situation, or style: His paintings recall the style of Picasso. More examples. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. recall verb (CALL BACK) [ T ] to order the return of a person who belongs to an organization or of products made by a company: The ambassador was recalled when war broke out.

  4. 1. : cancel, revoke. 2. a. : to call back. was recalled to active duty. a pitcher recalled from the minors. b. : to bring back to mind. recalled seeing her somewhere before. c. : to remind one of : resemble. a playwright who recalls the Elizabethan dramatists. 3. : restore, revive. recallability.

  5. Recall is the ability to remember something that has happened in the past or the act of remembering it.

  6. [transitive] to order somebody to return. recall somebody Both countries recalled their ambassadors. recall somebody to something He was recalled to military duty. They have both been recalled to the Welsh squad (= selected as members of the team after a time when they were not selected).

  7. the act or possibility of revoking something. Synonyms: recantation, nullification, withdrawal, repeal, retraction, revocation. the removal or the right of removal of a public official from office by a vote of the people taken upon petition of a specified number of the qualified electors.

  8. RECALL definition: 1. to remember something: 2. to order the return of someone or something: . Learn more.

  9. The verb recall means "remember," like an older person who recalls her school days, or "call to mind," like a painter's use of colors and shapes that recall early Pablo Picasso. Recall can also be a noun — you may know someone who has great recall, or memory, of events that everyone else has forgotten.

  10. recall meaning, definition, what is recall: to remember a particular fact, event, or...: Learn more.

  11. 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.