recall
recall knowledge from memory; have a recollection
How often you will meet it
Rank 2,760 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 6,020 times across 155,370 chapters — 0.003% of every word in the library.
What it means
verb
- recall knowledge from memory; have a recollection also: remember, retrieve, call back, call up, recollect, think I can't remember saying any such thingI can't think what her last name was
- go back to something earlier also: hark back, return, come back This harks back to a previous remark of his
- call to mind also: echo His words echoed John F. Kennedy
- summon to return also: call back The ambassador was recalled to his countryThe company called back many of the workers it had laid off during the recession
- cause one's (or someone else's) thoughts or attention to return from a reverie or digression She was recalled by a loud laugh
- make unavailable; bar from sale or distribution The company recalled the product when it was found to be faulty
noun
- a request by the manufacturer of a defective product to return the product (as for replacement or repair) also: callback
recall in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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One special moment of its recall was during that fateful, sacrificial cave scene in that Carribean Island.
The Mark of the Beast · Sydney Watson · Chapter 1
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At the death of your mother and myself, you will have no family ties in England--nothing to recall you here.
A Knight of the White Cross · G. A. (George Alfred) Henty · Chapter 1
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Ye that have eyes, yet cannot see, In darkness and in misery, Recall those mighty Voices Three, Ἰησοῦ, ἐλέησόν με!
The Complete Poetical Works of Henry · Henry Wadsworth Longfellow · Chapter 1
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For a long time Mme. Favoral and Gilberte fairly dragged themselves at his feet, before he consented to recall his determination.
Other People's Money · Emile Gaboriau · Chapter 1
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He walked on alone, chewing the cud of a delightful experience; trying, not unsuccessfully, to recall some of Mr. Desmond's anecdotes.
The Hill: A Romance of Friendship · Horace Annesley Vachell · Chapter 1