recall

CEFRB1

/ɹɪˈkɔːl/

verb · noun

Türkçe translations

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In plain English

01
verb
To remember something or ask someone to return.
02
noun
An official request for a product to be returned.

Examples

What was the name of the hotel? I can't recall it.
I can't recall her name.

At a glance

Sits at B1 on the CEFR scale

Senses: 5
Parts of speech: 2
Citations: 5
Synonyms: 5

Also pronounced

[ɹiˈkʰɑɫ]
[ɹɪˈkʰɑɫ]

Deep Dive

verb

Extra meanings

To call back, bring back, or summon (someone) to a specific place, station, etc.
To remove an elected official through a petition and direct vote.
To withdraw, retract (one's words etc.); to revoke (an order).

More examples

In context

She could not recall his name.
He was recalled to service after his retirement.
She was recalled to London for the trial.

Quick test

Two questions on this entry. Nothing is scored.

Question 1 · Quick check

She tried to blank the name of the restaurant where they had dinner last year.

Practise this properly in the app, where the word comes back before you forget it.

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Citations

The word in print, with each source given in full.

That stop-start-stop has created a groundswell of anger toward Mr. Newsom, a Democrat in the third year of his first term, that is increasingly fueling a movement to recall him from office in one of the bluest of blue states.
2021 February 19, Nellie Bowles, “Hurt by Lockdowns, California’s Small Businesses Push to Recall Governor”, in The New York Times, →ISSN
Fernando Torres was recalled in place of the suspended Didier Drogba and he was only denied a goal in the opening seconds by Laurent Koscielny's intervention - a moment that set the tone for game filled with attacking quality and littered with errors.
2011 October 29, Phil McNulty, “Chelsea 3 - 5 Arsenal”, in BBC Sport
"The twinkling of the dancers' feet" comes to us in the Odyssey as a memory from that palace of Alkinoos, whose wonders recall to us so much that we have found in Crete.
1907, Ronald M. Burrows, The Discoveries In Crete, page 6
The police had brought two civilians with them, including the 19-year-old son of one officer who helped to carry out the beer which was seized as evidence. Both were registered as ride alongs that night and their presence did not violate any laws, but Bouza saw this as another instance in which the officers showed "questionable judgment." This recalled an incident last February when three police officers brought their girlfriends along when raiding a gay bathhouse.
1983 August 20, Ruth Borenstein, “Harassment, Bad Judgment Cited in Twin Cities Bust”, in Gay Community News, volume 11, number 6, page 6
On Feb. 26, the FDA posted a voluntary recall from Brassica Pharma, which is recalling several eye ointments with expiration dates ranging from February 2024 to September 2025.
2024 February 28, Ramishah Maruf, “Popular eye ointments may not be sterile, recall warns”, in CNN

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Origin

verb

From re- + call, probably modelled on Latin revocāre, French rappeler, English withcall.

Deep Dive

verb

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Quick test

She tried to blank— the name of the restaurant where they had dinner last year.

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Origin

verb

She tried to blank the name of the restaurant where they had dinner last year.