recall

US: /ˈɹiˌkɔɫ/, /ɹɪˈkɔɫ/


English Vietnamese dictionary


recall /ri'kɔ:l/
  • danh từ
    • sự gọi về, sự đòi về, sự triệu về, sự triệu hồi (một đại sứ...)
      • letters of recall: thư triệu hồi
    • (quân sự) hiệu lệnh thu quân; lệnh gọi tái ngũ (quân dự bị...); (hàng hải) tín hiệu gọi về (một chiếc tàu...)
    • sự nhắc nhở
    • khả năng huỷ bỏ; sự rút lại, sự lấy lại
      • a decision past recall: một quyết định không thể huỷ bỏ được
      • lost without recall: mất hẳn không lấy lại được
      • beyond (past) recall: không thể lấy lại được, không thể huỷ bỏ được; bị lãng quên
    • (từ Mỹ,nghĩa Mỹ) bị bâi miễn (một đại biểu quốc hội...)
    • ngoại động từ
      • gọi về, đòi về, triệu về, triệu hồi
        • to recall an ambassador: triệu hồi một đại sứ
      • (quân sự) thu (quân); gọi tái ngũ (quân dự bị...); (hàng hải) gọi trở về (một chiếc tàu)
      • nhắc nhở, nhắc lại, gợi lại
        • to recall someone to his duty: nhắc nhở ai nhớ đến nhiệm vụ của mình
        • legends that recall the past: những truyền thuyết gợi lại dĩ vãng
      • nhớ, nhớ lại
        • to recall someone's name: nhớ lại tên ai
      • làm sống lại, gọi tỉnh lại
        • to recall someone to life: gọi người nào tỉnh lại
      • huỷ bỏ; rút lại, lấy lại
        • to recall a decision: huỷ bỏ một quyết nghị
      • (từ Mỹ,nghĩa Mỹ) bâi miễn (một đại biểu quốc hội...)

    Advanced English dictionary


    verb, noun
    + verb
    1 (formal) (not used in the progressive tenses) to remember sth: [VN] She could not recall his name. + [V] If I recall correctly, he lives in Luton. + [V -ing] I can't recall meeting her before. + [V that] He recalled that she always came home late on Wednesdays. + [V wh-] Can you recall exactly what happened? [also VN -ing, V speech]
    2 (not used in the progressive tenses) to make sb think of sth: The poem recalls Eliot's 'The Waste Land'.
    3 [VN] to order sb to return: Both countries recalled their ambassadors. + He was recalled to military duty. + They have both been recalled to the Welsh squad (= selected as members of the team after a time when they were not selected).
    4 [VN] to ask for sth to be returned, often because there is sth wrong with it: The company has recalled all the faulty hairdryers.
    + noun
    1 [U] the ability to remember sth that you have learned or sth that has happened in the past: She has amazing powers of recall. + to have instant recall (= to be able to remember sth immediately) + to have total recall (= to be able to remember all the details of sth)
    2 [sing.] an official order or request for sb/sth to return, or for sth to be given back: Thomas's recall to the Welsh team + Hundreds of machines are still in use in spite of a recall by the manufacturers.
    Idioms: beyond recall impossible to bring back to the original state; impossible to remember: The paintings were damaged beyond recall.

    Thesaurus dictionary


    v.
    1 remember, recollect, think back to, reminisce over or about, call to mind:
    I like to recall the happy days we had at Biarritz.
    2 withdraw, retract, call back, summon:
    The legions guarding the frontier provinces were recalled to Rome.
    3 rescind, cancel, annul, nullify, retract, withdraw, revoke, recant, take back, call back; disavow, disown, deny:
    Despite the fact that you might have been hasty, you cannot recall your promise.
    n.
    4 memory, recollection, remembering, remembrance:
    He had a loving and near-photographic recall of their holiday in the Alps
    5 withdrawal, recantation, cancellation, revocation, annulment, nullification, recision, rescission, retraction, repeal, disavowal, denial:
    The decision was made without any possibility of recall.
    6 withdrawal, retraction, return:
    The manufacturer's recall of the shipment of defective toasters was voluntary.

    Collocation dictionary


    ADV.

    clearly, distinctly, vividly, well
    I well recall walking the five miles to school every morning.
    | dimly, vaguely | correctly
    If I recall correctly, he lives in Luton.
    | easily
    She could easily recall the smell of the orange groves.
    | suddenly | fondly | still
    Becky could still recall that first meeting clearly.

    VERB + RECALL

    seem to
    I seem to recall that she said she was going away.
    | be able to, can/could (barely), can't/couldn't (quite) | try to


    Concise English dictionary


    recalls|recalled|recallingrɪ'kɔl /-'kɔːl
    noun
    +a request by the manufacturer of a defective product to return the product (as for replacement or repair)
    +a call to return
    +a bugle call that signals troops to return
    +the process of remembering (especially the process of recovering information by mental effort)
    +the act of removing an official by petition
    verb
    +recall knowledge from memory; have a recollection
    +go back to something earlier
    +call to mind
    +summon to return
    +cause one's (or someone else's) thoughts or attention to return from a reverie or digression
    +make unavailable; bar from sale or distribution
    +cause to be returned