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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 [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
1. the act of recalling or state of being recalled
2. revocation or cancellation
3. the ability to remember things; recollection
4. (Military) Military (esp formerly) a signal to call back troops, etc., usually a bugle call to sound the recall
5. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) US the process by which elected officials may be deprived of office by popular vote
recallable  adj
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, 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.
4. annul, withdraw, call in, take back, cancel, repeal, call back, revoke, retract, rescind, nullify, countermand, abjure More than 3,000 cars were recalled because of a brake problem.
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.
Translations
recall [rɪˈkɔːl]
A. N
1. (= recollection) → recuerdo m; (= ability to remember) → memoria f
those days are gone beyond recallaquellos días pasaron al olvido
he has no recall of what he didno recuerda nada de lo que hizo
to have total recalltener una memoria infalible
2. (= calling back) [of Parliament] → convocatoria f extraordinaria (Mil) [of troops] → nueva convocatoria f
3. (= withdrawal) [of ambassador] → retirada f; [of defective product] → retirada f (del mercado) (US) [of elected official] → destitución f (Mil) [of troops] → retirada f
to sound the recalltocar la retirada, tocar retreta
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 agreedno recuerdo exactamente en qué quedamos
I don't recall saying thatno recuerdo haber dicho eso
I seem to recall thatcreo recordar que ...
3. (= bring to mind) → recordar a
it recalls the time whenrecuerda a aquella ocasión en la que ...
4. (Comput) → volver a llamar
C. VIrecordar
I'm sorry, I don't recalllo siento, no recuerdo
as I recallsegún recuerdo ..., que yo recuerde ...

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.
(= call back) [+ ambassador, parliament] → rappeler; [+ player] (to team)rappeler
(COMMERCE) [+ product] → rappeler
(= evoke) → rappeler
[ˈriːkɔːl] n
(= memory) → rappel m
to be gone beyond recall → avoir disparu à jamais
(= request to return) [ambassador, parliament] → rappel m; [player] (to team)rappel m
(US) (POLITICS) (= deprivation of office) procédure par laquelle un(e) élu(e) peut se voir retirer son mandat par un vote populaire

recall
vt
(= summon back)zurückrufen; ambassadorabberufen; library bookzurückfordern; (Fin) capitalzurückfordern, einziehen; Ferguson was recalled to the Scotland squadFerguson wurde in die schottische Mannschaft zurückberufen; this music recalls the pastdiese Musik ruft die Vergangenheit zurück; to recall somebody to lifejdn ins Leben zurückrufen; her voice recalled him to the presentihre Stimme brachte ihn in die Wirklichkeit zurück
(= remember)sich erinnern an (+acc), → sich entsinnen (+gen); I cannot recall meeting him or having met himich kann mich nicht daran erinnern, dass ich ihn kennengelernt habe; as I recallsoweit ich mich erinnere
(Comput) filewieder aufrufen
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 recalldas Buch wird zurückgefordert; recall slipAufforderung fzur Rückgabe eines/des Buches; beyond recallfür immer vorbei; lost/gone beyond recallfür immer verloren/gegangen sein
(= remembrance) powers of recallErinnerungsvermögen nt

recall [rɪˈkɔːl]
1. nrichiamo
beyond recall → irrevocabile
those days are gone beyond recall → quei tempi sono passati per sempre
2. vt
a. (call back, gen) (Comput) → richiamare; (parliament) → riconvocare; (past) → far rivivere
b. (remember) → ricordare, ricordarsi di

recall [rɪˈkɔːl]
1. nrichiamo
beyond recall → irrevocabile
those days are gone beyond recall → quei tempi sono passati per sempre
2. vt
a. (call back, gen) (Comput) → richiamare; (parliament) → riconvocare; (past) → far rivivere
b. (remember) → ricordare, ricordarsi di

recall
v recall [riˈkoːl]
1 to order (a person etc) to return He had been recalled to his former post. heroproep يَسْتَدْعي повиквам обратно povolat zpět kalde tilbage zurückrufen ανακαλώ hacer volver ametikohalt tagasi kutsuma فراخواندن kutsua takaisin rappeler לְהַחֲזִיר लौटने का आदेश देना ponovno vratiti, opozvati visszahív menarik kalla heim richiamare 呼び戻す 불러들이다 sugrąžinti, atšaukti atsaukt memanggil pulang terugroepen beordre/kalle tilbake przywołać (z powrotem), odwołać chamar de novo a rechema отзывать povolať späť nazaj poklicati; odpoklicati opozvati kalla tillbaka เรียกกลับ geri çağırmak 召回 відкликати واپس بلانا gọi lại
2 to remember I don't recall when I last saw him. onthou يُذَكِّر спомням си vzpomenout si mindes sich errinnern θυμάμαι recordar, acordarse meelde tuletama به یاد آوردن muistaa se rappeler לִזכּוֹר याद आना sjetiti se emlékszik mengingat muna ricordare 思い出す 상기하다 prisiminti atcerēties, atsaukt atmiņā ingat zich herinneren minnes, huske przypominać sobie recordar a-şi aminti припоминать spomenúť si spomniti se setiti se erinra sig, komma ihåg, minnas ระลึก hatırlamak 記起 згадувати; воскрешати в пам'яті یاد کرنا nhớ lại
n
1 an order to return the recall of soldiers to duty. heroproep إسْتِدْعاء отзоваване povolání k návratu genindkaldelse die Abberufung ανάκληση llamada, aviso tagasipöördumiskäsk فراخوان؛ احضار takaisinkutsu rappel הַחזָרָה लौटने का आदेश znak trubom za zbor (povratak) visszahívás perintah penarikan heimkvaðning richiamo 呼び戻し 소환 atšaukimas atsaukums; atsaukšana panggilan rappel tilbakekalling odwołanie chamada rechemare сигнал к возвращению povolanie naspäť ponoven poziv opoziv tillbaka-, hemkallande การเรียกตัวกลับ geri çağırma 召回令 заклик повернутися واپسی کا حکم sự triệu hồi
2  riːkoːl the ability to remember and repeat what one has seen, heard etc He has total recall. onthouvermoë إسْتِذْكار способност за припомняне paměť huskeevne die Errinnerung μνημονικό memoria mälu به خاطر آوری muistaa kaikki mémoire זְכִירָה याददाश्त apsolutno (savršeno) pamćenje emlékezőtehetség kemampuan mengingat minni memoria 記憶力 기억 atmintis atmiņa mengingati geheugen hukommelse, minne zdolność odtworzenia z pamięci memória memorie память pamäť spomin sećanje minne การระลึกได้ hatırlayabilme 回想 спогад, пам'ять یاد آوری khả năng nhớ lại


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