Word

recall, v.
(recalled, recalling, recalls)
freq. cnt. 54

recall knowledge from memory; have a recollection
<verb.cognition> freq. cnt.: 167 freq. cnt.: 106 freq. cnt.: 47 freq. cnt.: 8 freq. cnt.: 4 freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

call back call up recall recollect remember retrieve think

sample sentences

"I can't remember saying any such thing"
"I can't think what her last name was"
"can you remember her phone number?"
"Do you remember that he once loved you?"
"call up memories"

verb frames

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
Somebody ----s VERB-ing
They won't %s the story

verb frames

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
Somebody ----s VERB-ing
They won't %s the story

verb frames

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
Somebody ----s VERB-ing

verb frames

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
Somebody ----s VERB-ing

verb frames

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
Somebody ----s VERB-ing

verb frames

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
Somebody ----s VERB-ing

verb frames

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
Somebody ----s VERB-ing
They won't %s the story

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

remembering remembrance

antonym

forget

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

recall

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

think thought

also see

think back

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

recollective recollection

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

retrieval

semantic pointers

hyponym

know recognize, recognise brush up, review, refresh

go back to something earlier
<verb.communication> freq. cnt.: 11 freq. cnt.: 5 freq. cnt.: 4 freq. cnt.: 2

come back hark back recall return

sample sentences

"This harks back to a previous remark of his"

verb frames

Somebody ----s PP

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semantic pointers

hypernym

denote, refer

hyponym

go back, recur

cause one's (or someone else's) thoughts or attention to return from a reverie or digression
<verb.cognition> freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

recall

sample sentences

"She was recalled by a loud laugh"

verb frames

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody

semantic pointers

hypernym

focus, center, concentrate, rivet, pore, centre

summon to return
<verb.communication> freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

call back recall

sample sentences

"The ambassador was recalled to his country"
"The company called back many of the workers it had laid off during the recession"

verb frames

Somebody ----s somebody

verb frames

Somebody ----s somebody

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

recall

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

call-back

semantic pointers

hypernym

call, send for

call to mind
<verb.stative> freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

echo recall

sample sentences

"His words echoed John F. Kennedy"

verb frames

Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something

verb frames

Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

echo

semantic pointers

hypernym

resemble

cause to be returned
<verb.possession> freq. cnt.: 3 freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 1

call back call in recall withdraw

sample sentences

"recall the defective auto tires"
"The manufacturer tried to call back the spoilt yoghurt"

verb frames

Somebody ----s something

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Somebody ----s something

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Somebody ----s something

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

callback

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

recall

semantic pointers

hypernym

take

hyponym

decommission

make unavailable; bar from sale or distribution
<verb.social>

recall

sample sentences

"The company recalled the product when it was found to be faulty"

verb frames

Somebody ----s something

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

recall

antonym

issue

semantic pointers

hypernym

cancel, strike down

hyponym

retire