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recall

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re·call  (r-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. To summon back to awareness of or concern with the subject or situation at hand.
3. To remember; recollect. See Synonyms at remember.
4. To cancel, take back, or revoke.
5. To bring back; restore.
6. To request return (of a product) to the manufacturer, as for necessary repairs or adjustments.
n. also (rkôl)
1. The act of recalling or summoning back, especially an official order to return.
2. A signal, such as a bugle call, used to summon troops back to their posts.
3. The ability to remember information or experiences.
4. The act of revoking.
5.
a. The procedure by which a public 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·calla·ble adj.

recall
Verb
1. to bring back to mind
2. to order to return
3. to annul or cancel
Noun
1. the ability to remember things
2. an order to return
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.recall - a request by the manufacturer of a defective product to return the product (as for replacement or repair)
asking, request - the verbal act of requesting
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
abrogation, repeal, annulment - the act of abrogating; an official or legal cancellation
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
Verb1.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!"
recognize, recognise - perceive to be the same
brush up, refresh, review - refresh one's memory; "I reviewed the material before the test"
2.recall - go back to something earlier; "This harks back to a previous remark of his"
denote, refer - have as a meaning; "`multi-' denotes `many' "
go back, recur - return in thought or speech to something
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"
send for, call - order, request, or command to come; "She was called into the director's office"; "Call the police!"
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"
focus, pore, rivet, center, centre, concentrate - direct one's attention on something; "Please focus on your studies and not on your hobbies"
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
issue, supply - circulate or distribute or equip with; "issue a new uniform to the children"; "supply blankets for the beds"
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"

recall
verb 1. recollect, remember, call up, evoke, reminisce about, call to mind, look or think back to, mind (dialect)
verb 2. call back,
Translations
Spanish recall [rɪˈkɔːl] vt (= remember) → recordar [+ ambassador etc]; retirar;
(COMPUT) → volver a llamar
nrecuerdo

French recall vt [rɪˈkɔːl]rappeler (= remember); se rappeler, se souvenir de
n [ˈriːkɔl]rappel m (= ability to remember); mémoire f;
beyond recall adjirrévocable

German recall [rɪˈkɔːl] vt (remember) → sich erinnern an +acc;
(ambassador) → abberufen;
(product) → zurückrufen
n (of memories) → Erinnerung f;
(of ambassador) → Abberufung f;
(of product) → Rückruf m;
beyond recall → unwiederbringlich

Italian recall [rɪˈkɔːl] vt (gen), (COMPUT) → richiamare (= remember); ricordare, richiamare alla mente
nrichiamo;
beyond recall → irrevocabile

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The earliest impressions I can now recall are of the plantation and the slave quarters--the latter being the part of the plantation where the slaves had their cabins.
I recall no childhood; but recollect only having been always as you see me now and as you saw me first when you were five years old.
I do not recall any feeling of fear, unless a sudden chill was its physical manifestation.
 
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