recall

recall
♦♦
recalls, recalling, recalled
(The verb is pronounced [[t]rɪkɔ͟ːl[/t]]. The noun is pronounced [[t]ri͟ːkɔːl[/t]].)
1) VERB When you recall something, you remember it and tell others about it.

[V that] Henderson recalled that he first met Pollard during a business trip to Washington...

[V with quote] Her teacher recalled: `She was always on about modelling.'...

[V wh] Colleagues today recall with humor how meetings would crawl into the early morning hours...

[V n] I recalled the way they had been dancing together...

I have no idea what she said, something about airline travel, I seem to recall. [Also V -ing]

Syn:
2) VERB You can say as I recall, you might recall, or you will recall to someone that you are talking to when you want to mention something that you are both already aware of which is relevant to the discussion.

As I recall, you're not on the board, Joe; you're only a minor shareholder...

[V that] You will recall that I sent you a warning of troubled times. Well now, almost everything I forecast has come about.

3) N-UNCOUNT Recall is the ability to remember something that has happened in the past or the act of remembering it.

He had a good memory, and total recall of her spoken words.

4) VERB If you are recalled to your home, country, or the place where you work, you are ordered to return there.

[V n] Spain has recalled its Ambassador after a row over refugees seeking asylum at the embassy...

[V n] Parliament was recalled from its summer recess.

N-SING: the N of n
Recall is also a noun.

The recall of ambassador Alan Green is a public signal of America's concern.

5) VERB In sport, if a player is recalled to a team, he or she is included in that team again after being left out.

[V n to n] Dean Richards has been recalled to the England squad for Saturday's match with Wales...

[be V-ed] I had done enough after being recalled against Pakistan to have got on the tour to India.

N-SING
Recall is also a noun.

It would be great to get a recall to the England squad for Sweden.

6) VERB If a company recalls a product, it asks the shops or the people who have bought that product to return it because there is something wrong with it.

[V n] The company said it was recalling one of its drugs and had stopped selling two others...

[V n] More than 3,000 cars were recalled yesterday because of a brake problem.

7) PHRASE If something is beyond recall, it is no longer possible to remember how it was or to bring it back to its original condition.

The ground has been polluted beyond recall...

...the realities of operating a traditional canal boat can be readily imagined, even if the life itself is beyond recall.


English dictionary. 2008.

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