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recall.

To withdraw, retract (one's words etc.); to revoke (an order).

6 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

verb/ɹɪˈkɔːl/Received-Pronunciation/ɹɪˈkɔl/General-American/ɹiˈkɔl/General-American/ɹɪˈkɑl/cot-caught-merger
  1. To withdraw, retract (one's words etc.); to revoke (an order).

    transitive
  2. To call back, bring back, or summon (someone) to a specific place, station, etc.

    transitive
    He was recalled to service after his retirement.
    She was recalled to London for the trial.
  3. To remove an elected official through a petition and direct vote.

    US · transitive
  4. To bring back (someone) to or from a particular mental or physical state, activity etc.

    transitive
  5. To call back (a situation, event, etc.) to one's mind; to remember; to recollect.

    intransitive · transitive
  6. To hearken back to, evoke; to be reminiscent of.

    transitive
  7. To call again; to call another time.

    intransitive · transitive
  8. To request or order the return of (a faulty product).

    transitive
Where this word comes from

From re- + call, probably modelled on Latin revocāre, French rappeler, English withcall.

noun/ˈɹiːkɔːl/Received-Pronunciation/ˈɹiˌkɔl/General-American/ɹiˈkɔl/General-American/ɹɪˈkɔl/General-American
  1. The action or fact of calling someone or something back. Request of the return of a faulty product.

    countable · uncountable
    recall campaign
  2. The action or fact of calling someone or something back. The right or procedure by which a public official may be removed from office before the end of their term of office, by a vote of the people to be taken on the filing of a petition signed by a required number or percentage of qualified voters.

    US · countable · uncountable
    recall petition
    representative recall
  3. The action or fact of calling someone or something back. The right or procedure by which the decision of a court may be directly reversed or annulled by popular vote, as was advocated, in 1912, in the platform of the Progressive Party for certain cases involving the police power of the state.

    US · countable · uncountable
  4. Memory; the ability to remember.

    countable · uncountable
  5. The fraction of (all) relevant material that is returned by a search.

    countable · uncountable
    precision and recall
Where this word comes from

From re- + call, probably modelled on Latin revocāre, French rappeler, English withcall.

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