to recall
- verb
- /rɪˈkɔl/
- He was able to recall many details from his childhood holidays.
- recall information
- recall specific details
- recall facts
Most people will recall that first love story.
- Most people will recall that first love story.
- I mean, I do not recall asking to exist.
- That smiling picture You recall being happy that day.
- And you know, I think I can recall maybe one or two dry holes.
- So before we start, let me just recall what a projection matrix is.
- But as far as I recall, air didn't engage at all.
- Here's how James Lovelock recalls these first microwave ovens.
- Well, a few years later, you may recall that Gaddafi was overthrown.
- You know, I can't quite recall what year that officially came out.
- But I I don't recall punishing her for it.
- And so I can recall the hate that I've experienced.
Examples
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Can you recall what happened to them?
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That they can say, "I do not recall the details of this meeting."
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Most people will recall that first love story.
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I mean, I do not recall asking to exist.
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OK, let's, let's recall what we learned last time.
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Yeah, I can't recall anything prior to that anymore.
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You may recall that's what drove us across the ocean to this country, in the first place.
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During these calls, caregivers were asked to recall the print targets from the previous week.
Academic text (2015) -
Mandrake, do you recall what Clemenceau once said about war?
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At the CSCC Graduate Student Seminar in 1994, Young recalled that over 200 citizens participated.
Academic text (2008)
Synonyms
To think about something from the past
Think about the past, especially a time you remember
Remember things that happened in the past
To bring a memory or fact back into your mind
To remember something from the past
To think back over the events or steps that led to something
To make a memory or image appear in your mind
Remember something from the past
Think about something that happened in the past to remember it
Antonyms
Compounds
- Specialized
An extra vaccine or medicine given later to make the first one work well
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Morphology
Etymology
Recall comes from the parts re- 'again' and call 'to call', so to recall something is like 'calling' a memory back into your mind; that's why the verb means to remember or bring a past event back to thought.