RECALL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does recall mean? 

• RECALL (noun)
  The noun RECALL has 5 senses:

1. a request by the manufacturer of a defective product to return the product (as for replacement or repair)

2. a call to return

3. a bugle call that signals troops to return

4. the process of remembering (especially the process of recovering information by mental effort)

5. the act of removing an official by petition

  Familiarity information: RECALL used as a noun is common.

• RECALL (verb)
  The verb RECALL has 7 senses:

1. recall knowledge from memory; have a recollection

2. go back to something earlier

3. call to mind

4. summon to return

5. cause one's (or someone else's) thoughts or attention to return from a reverie or digression

6. make unavailable; bar from sale or distribution

7. cause to be returned

  Familiarity information: RECALL used as a verb is common.

 Dictionary entry details 

• RECALL (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A request by the manufacturer of a defective product to return the product (as for replacement or repair)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

callback; recall

Hypernyms ("recall" is a kind of...):

asking; request (the verbal act of requesting)

Derivation:

recall (cause to be returned)

recall (make unavailable; bar from sale or distribution)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A call to return

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Context example:

the recall of our ambassador

Hypernyms ("recall" is a kind of...):

call (a request)

Sense 3

Meaning:

A bugle call that signals troops to return

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("recall" is a kind of...):

bugle call (a signal broadcast by the sound of a bugle)

Sense 4

Meaning:

The process of remembering (especially the process of recovering information by mental effort)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Synonyms:

recall; recollection; reminiscence

Context example:

he has total recall of the episode

Hypernyms ("recall" is a kind of...):

memory; remembering (the cognitive processes whereby past experience is remembered)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "recall"):

mind (recall or remembrance)

reconstruction; reconstructive memory (recall that is hypothesized to work by storing abstract features which are then used to construct the memory during recall)

reproduction; reproductive memory (recall that is hypothesized to work by storing the original stimulus input and reproducing it during recall)

regurgitation (recall after rote memorization)

Derivation:

recall (recall knowledge from memory; have a recollection)

Sense 5

Meaning:

The act of removing an official by petition

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("recall" is a kind of...):

abrogation; annulment; repeal (the act of abrogating; an official or legal cancellation)

Domain region:

America; the States; U.S.; U.S.A.; United States; United States of America; US; USA (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)

Derivation:

recall (summon to return)

• RECALL (verb)

Conjugation:

Sense 1

Meaning:

Recall knowledge from memory; have a recollection

Classified under:

Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting

Synonyms:

call back; call up; recall; recollect; remember; retrieve; think

Context example:

call up memories

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "recall"):

know (perceive as familiar)

recognise; recognize (perceive to be the same)

brush up; refresh; review (refresh one's memory)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
Somebody ----s VERB-ing

Sentence example:

They won't recall the story

Derivation:

recall (the process of remembering (especially the process of recovering information by mental effort))

Sense 2

Meaning:

Go back to something earlier

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Synonyms:

come back; hark back; recall; return

Context example:

This harks back to a previous remark of his

Hypernyms (to "recall" is one way to...):

denote; refer (have as a meaning)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "recall"):

go back; recur (return in thought or speech to something)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s PP

Sense 3

Meaning:

Call to mind

Classified under:

Verbs of being, having, spatial relations

Synonyms:

echo; recall

Context example:

His words echoed John F. Kennedy

Hypernyms (to "recall" is one way to...):

resemble (appear like; be similar or bear a likeness to)

Sentence frames:

Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something

Sense 4

Meaning:

Summon to return

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Synonyms:

call back; recall

Context example:

The company called back many of the workers it had laid off during the recession

Hypernyms (to "recall" is one way to...):

call; send for (order, request, or command to come)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s somebody

Derivation:

recall (the act of removing an official by petition)

Sense 5

Meaning:

Cause one's (or someone else's) thoughts or attention to return from a reverie or digression

Classified under:

Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting

Context example:

She was recalled by a loud laugh

Hypernyms (to "recall" is one way to...):

center; centre; concentrate; focus; pore; rivet (direct one's attention on something)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody

Sense 6

Meaning:

Make unavailable; bar from sale or distribution

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Context example:

The company recalled the product when it was found to be faulty

Hypernyms (to "recall" is one way to...):

cancel; strike down (declare null and void; make ineffective)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "recall"):

retire (withdraw from circulation or from the market, as of bills, shares, and bonds)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Antonym:

issue (circulate or distribute or equip with)

Derivation:

recall (a request by the manufacturer of a defective product to return the product (as for replacement or repair))

Sense 7

Meaning:

Cause to be returned

Classified under:

Verbs of buying, selling, owning

Synonyms:

call back; call in; recall; withdraw

Context example:

The manufacturer tried to call back the spoilt yoghurt

Hypernyms (to "recall" is one way to...):

take (take into one's possession)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "recall"):

decommission (withdraw from active service)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

recall (a request by the manufacturer of a defective product to return the product (as for replacement or repair))

 Context examples 

I recalled his singular conduct of yesterday, and really I began to fear his wits were touched.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)

He has had some terrible shock, and I fear it might tax his poor brain if he were to try to recall it.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

I took heart, however, as I recalled a conversation between Challenger and Summerlee upon the habits of the great saurians.

(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

One limitation of the study, the researchers note, is that the participants’ protein intake was based on a single 24-hour dietary recall.

(Protein Consumption Linked to Longevity, NIH)

They examined the effect of recalling positive memories on two signs of vulnerability to depression: negative self-related thoughts and high morning levels of the stress hormone cortisol.

(Recalling happy memories during adolescence can reduce risk of depression, University of Cambridge)

Auditory Verbal Learning Test Version A - The number of words recalled from List A, first attempt.

(ADNI AVLT - List A Recall 1 Total, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

Alzheimer's Disease Neuroimaging Initiative Auditory Verbal Learning Test Version A (ADNI-AVLT Version A) The number of words recalled from List A, fourth attempt.

(ADNI AVLT - List A Recall 4 Total, NCI Thesaurus)

Auditory Verbal Learning Test Version A - The number of words recalled from List A, third attempt.

(ADNI AVLT - List A Recall 3 Total, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

Alzheimer's Disease Neuroimaging Initiative Auditory Verbal Learning Test Version A (ADNI-AVLT Version A) The number of words recalled from List A, third attempt.

(ADNI AVLT - List A Recall 3 Total, NCI Thesaurus)

Alzheimer's Disease Neuroimaging Initiative Auditory Verbal Learning Test Version A (ADNI-AVLT Version A) The number of words recalled from List A, second attempt.

(ADNI AVLT - List A Recall 2 Total, NCI Thesaurus)