recall

🇺🇸 /rɪˈkɔːl/ 🇬🇧 /rɪˈkɔːl/
Frequency
Difficulty
Tags TOP3000Oxford3000CEFR-B2
verb
B2

to remember something

I can recall the day we first met.

R

to make someone think of something

This song helps me recall happy times.

R

to order someone to return

The government will recall the ambassador.

R

to ask for something to be returned because it is faulty

The company had to recall the unsafe toys.

noun
R

the ability to remember things

Her recall of names is excellent.

R

an official order for something to be returned

There was a recall of the faulty products.

translation

v. to remember something; to make someone think of something; to order someone to return; to ask for something to be returned because it is faulty
n. the ability to remember things; an official order for something to be returned

Word Forms

3rd Present recalls
Progressive recalling
Past recalled
Perfect recalled
Plural recalls