Dictionary entry details
• RECALL (noun)
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:
recall; callback
Hypernyms ("recall" is a kind of...):
asking; request (the verbal act of requesting)
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)
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)
Meaning:
The process of remembering (especially the process of recovering information by mental effort)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Synonyms:
recollection; reminiscence; recall
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)
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)
• RECALL (verb)
Meaning:
Recall knowledge from memory; have a recollection
Classified under:
Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting
Synonyms:
recall; recollect; remember; call back; call up; retrieve; think
Context examples:
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
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "recall"):
brush up; refresh; review (refresh one's memory)
recognise; recognize (perceive to be the same)
know (perceive as familiar)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
Somebody ----s VERB-ing
Sentence example:
They won't recall the story
Meaning:
Go back to something earlier
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Synonyms:
hark back; recall; come back; 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
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
Meaning:
Summon to return
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Synonyms:
call back; recall
Context examples:
The ambassador was recalled to his country / 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
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
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)
Meaning:
Cause to be returned
Classified under:
Verbs of buying, selling, owning
Synonyms:
call back; withdraw; call in; recall
Context examples:
recall the defective auto tires / 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
