Meaning of "recall" in the English dictionary

PRONUNCIATION OF RECALL

recall  [rɪˈkɔːl]

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF RECALL

Recall is a verb and can also act as a noun.

A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb recall in English.

WHAT DOES RECALL MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Recall

Recall may refer to: ▪ Recollection, recall from memory ▪ Product recall ▪ Recall election ▪ Letter to recall sent to return an ambassador from a country, either as a diplomatic protest or because the diplomat is being reassigned elsewhere and is being replaced by another envoy ▪ Recall to employment after a layoff ▪ Recall, a statistical measure, the fraction of relevant material that is returned by the search ▪ Recall, in dog training, the process of bringing a dog to the caller from a distance ▪ Recall, a bugle call used to signify that an activity should end ▪ Recall, the changing of a broadcasting station's call sign, parallel to rebranding ▪ Recall, a feature in Microsoft Outlook for retracting ill-advised emails and spam message alerts ▪ Recall, a button on a British telephone ▪ Recall, a button on a calculator ▪ ReCALL, an academic journal about computer-assisted language learning ▪ "Recall", a song by Susumu Hirasawa on the 1995 album Sim City...

Definition of recall in the English dictionary

The first definition of recall in the dictionary is to bring back to mind; recollect; remember. Other definition of recall is to order to return; call back permanently or temporarily. Recall is also to revoke or take back.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO RECALL

PRESENT

Present

I recall

you recall

he/she/it recalls

we recall

you recall

they recall

Present continuous

I am recalling

you are recalling

he/she/it is recalling

we are recalling

you are recalling

they are recalling

Present perfect

I have recalled

you have recalled

he/she/it has recalled

we have recalled

you have recalled

they have recalled

Present perfect continuous

I have been recalling

you have been recalling

he/she/it has been recalling

we have been recalling

you have been recalling

they have been recalling

Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past

I recalled

you recalled

he/she/it recalled

we recalled

you recalled

they recalled

Past continuous

I was recalling

you were recalling

he/she/it was recalling

we were recalling

you were recalling

they were recalling

Past perfect

I had recalled

you had recalled

he/she/it had recalled

we had recalled

you had recalled

they had recalled

Past perfect continuous

I had been recalling

you had been recalling

he/she/it had been recalling

we had been recalling

you had been recalling

they had been recalling

Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future

I will recall

you will recall

he/she/it will recall

we will recall

you will recall

they will recall

Future continuous

I will be recalling

you will be recalling

he/she/it will be recalling

we will be recalling

you will be recalling

they will be recalling

Future perfect

I will have recalled

you will have recalled

he/she/it will have recalled

we will have recalled

you will have recalled

they will have recalled

Future perfect continuous

I will have been recalling

you will have been recalling

he/she/it will have been recalling

we will have been recalling

you will have been recalling

they will have been recalling

The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional

I would recall

you would recall

he/she/it would recall

we would recall

you would recall

they would recall

Conditional continuous

I would be recalling

you would be recalling

he/she/it would be recalling

we would be recalling

you would be recalling

they would be recalling

Conditional perfect

I would have recall

you would have recall

he/she/it would have recall

we would have recall

you would have recall

they would have recall

Conditional perfect continuous

I would have been recalling

you would have been recalling

he/she/it would have been recalling

we would have been recalling

you would have been recalling

they would have been recalling

Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative

you recall
we let´s recall
you recall

The imperative is used to form commands or requests.

NONFINITE VERB FORMS

Infinitive

to recall

Past participle

recalled

Present Participle

recalling

Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

SYNONYMS OF «RECALL»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «recall» and belong to the same grammatical category.

synonyms of recall

abjure · annul · annulment · call in · call to mind · call up · cancel · cancellation · conjure up · countermand · evoke · memory · mind · nullification · nullify · recollect · recollection · remember · remembrance · repeal · rescind · rescindment · rescission · retract · retraction · revocation · revoke · summons · take back · withdraw · withdrawal

TRANSLATION OF RECALL

Find out the translation of recall to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of recall from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «recall» in English.

• Translator English - Chinese: 回忆道
• Translator English - Spanish: recordar
• English: recall
• Translator English - Hindi: याद
• Translator English - Arabic: استدعاء
• Translator English - Russian: напомним,
• Translator English - Portuguese: recordar
• Translator English - Bengali: প্রত্যাহার
• Translator English - French: se rappeler
• Translator English - Malay: Ingat
• Translator English - German: sich erinnern an
• Translator English - Japanese: 思い出す
• Translator English - Korean: 기억해 내다
• Translator English - Javanese: Kelingan
• Translator English - Vietnamese: thu hồi
• Translator English - Tamil: நினைவுகூர்வது
• Translator English - Marathi: आठवणे
• Translator English - Turkish: hatırlama
• Translator English - Italian: ricordare
• Translator English - Polish: wycofanie
• Translator English - Ukrainian: нагадаємо ,
• Translator English - Romanian: rechemare
• Translator English - Greek: ανάκληση
• Translator English - Afrikaans: Onthou
• Translator English - Swedish: recall
• Translator English - Norwegian: tilbakekalling

10 QUOTES WITH «RECALL»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word recall.

1

Dante Alighieri

There is no greater sorrow than to recall happiness in times of misery.

2

Paul Auster

Those of us who can remember our childhoods will recall how ardently we relished the moment of the bedtime story, when our mother or father would sit down beside us in the semi-dark and read from a book of fairy tales.

3

Saint Teresa of Avila

Whenever we think of Christ, we should recall the love that led Him to bestow on us so many graces and favors, and also the great love God showed in giving us in Christ a pledge of His love; for love calls for love in return. Let us strive to keep this always before our eyes and to rouse ourselves to love Him.

4

Russell Baker

Those who remember Washington's cold war culture in the 1980s will recall the shocked reactions to Reagan's intervention. People interested in foreign policy were astonished when in 1985 he met alone at Geneva - alone, not a single strategic thinker at his elbow! - with the Soviet Communist master Gorbachev.

5

Julian Barnes

Do we tend to recall the most important parts of a novel or those that speak most directly to us, the truest lines or the flashiest ones?

6

Dave Barry

Magnetism, as you recall from physics class, is a powerful force that causes certain items to be attracted to refrigerators.

7

Steve Bisley

I am a great observer of things, and I do it all the time. I store stuff; I use it as an actor; that sort of recall, of emotional memory and images of things, just tastes of things.

8

Henry Bonilla

I can recall back in 1998, in August of that year, when we had a horrible disaster along the Mexican border in the town of Del Rio. At the time, FEMA was the shining star of the federal government. It's now perceived as many to be the dullest knife in the drawer. Right or wrong, that's the perception.

9

Tim Burton

I never really got nightmares from movies. In fact, I recall my father saying when I was three years old that I would be scared, but I never was. I was much more terrified by my own family and real life, you know?

10

Jez Butterworth

I do notice that I spend a lot of all my time steeped in different forms of myth, such as English folk music, for example, not really studying it necessarily, but just trying to experience it so I can recall it later.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «RECALL»

Discover the use of recall in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to recall and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.

Total Recall

This enhanced edition of Total Recall holds 16 videos clips, including behind the scenes footage from Terminator 3, political speeches from the Governor years and clips from Pumping Iron.

Arnold Schwarzenegger, 2012

Surgical Recall

The book includes survival tactics and tips for success on the boards and wards as well as key information for those new to the surgical suite.

Lorne H. Blackbourne, 2011

Medicine Recall

This book is written in the rapid-fire question and answer format of the Recall series, with the question appearing on the left side of the page and the answer appearing on the right. Mnemonics are interspersed throughout.

James D. Bergin, 2003

Total Recall: How the E-memory Revolution Will Change Everything

Discusses the attempt to record an entire life digitally, an enormous undertaking requiring intense attention to detail and the development of memory-emulating technology, and the implications of this research.

Carlos Gordon Bell, Jim Gemmell, 2009

Anatomy Recall

This edition has been updated by expert authors, including anatomists, medical students, and surgeons. Expanded coverage now includes embryology highlights. Clinical Pearls emphasize important clinical correlations to anatomic principles.

Jared Antevil, 2006

Pharmacology Recall

Common Board questions and mnemonics appear throughout the book to facilitate memorization and illustrations are provided to clarify important concepts.

Anand Ramachandran, 2007

Advanced Surgical Recall

The book is written in rapid-fire question-and-answer format and contains detailed illustrations of anatomic landmarks and surgical techniques. This edition has seven new Microvignettes chapters that test recall via sample cases.

Lorne H. Blackbourne, 2008

Emergency Medicine Recall

This information also is critical for USMLE test preparation. The text contains many patient management questions that are written in the emergency room setting, thus preparing students for questions that address EM-specific issues.

William A. Woods, Jeffrey Seth Young, Joseph Scott Just, 2000

Pathology Recall

Keeping consistent with the rapid-fire question and answer format of the Recall Series, this new edition on pathology is the fourth title focusing on the basic sciences.

Lorne H. Blackbourne, Anikar Chhabra, 2002

USMLE Step 1 Recall

Presented in question-and-answer Recall format, this book helps students memorize the facts that are most often tested on the USMLE.

Brent A. Reinheimer, 2008

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «RECALL»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term recall is used in the context of the following news items.

Chrysler to pay $105 million for mishandling recalls

Federal safety regulators said Sunday that Fiat Chrysler Automobiles will pay a record $105 million for mishandling 23 recalls. The National Highway Traffic ... «CNNMoney, Jul 15»

After Jeep Hack, Chrysler Recalls 1.4M Vehicles for Bug Fix

Welcome to the age of hackable automobiles, when two security researchers can cause a 1.4 million product recall. On Friday, Chrysler announced that it's ... «Wired, Jul 15»

14 brands of bottled water recalled due to possible E. coli

(CNN) An E. coli scare has prompted a California-based bottled water producer to recall some of its products. Niagara Bottling LLC said the recall is out of an ... «CNN, Jun 15»

How to know if your car is part of the largest consumer recall in history

Federal officials dialed up the largest consumer recall in history Tuesday, ordering auto manufacturers to replace defective air bags made by auto-parts giant ... «Washington Post, May 15»

Jeni's Splendid Ice Creams recalls all products for listeria risk

After weeks of limited recalls, Blue Bell yanked all of its products off store shelves Monday after tests showed some half-gallon containers of chocolate chip ... «CNNMoney, Apr 15»

Blue Bell issues nationwide recall of all products, as Listeria …

The news came only hours after Blue Bell on Monday issued a recall of all products currently on the market, both in the United States and abroad, over concerns ... «Washington Post, Apr 15»

Air bag recall pressure builds

Washington — The pressure on automakers to expand recalls of Takata air bags intensified Wednesday, as Honda Motor Co. agreed to a U.S. government ... «The Detroit News, Dec 14»

Airbag defect spurs recall of 4.7 million vehicles

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration put out a recall notice Monday for defective airbags and urged people whose cars are equipped with them to ... «Washington Post, Oct 14»

GM faces new recall

General Motors (GM) is recalling 117,651 cars and trucks in North America because of a potential manufacturing defect in their chassis-control systems. Vehicles ... «CBS News, Oct 14»

GM announces giant new recall

General Motors (GM) is recalling another 8.2 million vehicles because of a range of problems, with the automaker saying on Monday that it is aware of three fatal ... «CBS News, Jun 14»