| recollective | | |
| adj. | 1. long, recollective, retentive, tenacious | good at remembering.; "a retentive mind"; "tenacious memory" |
| ~ mindful, aware | bearing in mind; attentive to.; "ever mindful of her health"; "mindful of his responsibilities"; "mindful of these criticisms, I shall attempt to justify my action" |
| recall | | |
| n. (communication) | 1. callback, recall | a request by the manufacturer of a defective product to return the product (as for replacement or repair). |
| ~ asking, request | the verbal act of requesting. |
| n. (communication) | 2. recall | a call to return.; "the recall of our ambassador" |
| ~ call | a request.; "many calls for Christmas stories"; "not many calls for buggywhips" |
| n. (communication) | 3. recall | a bugle call that signals troops to return. |
| ~ bugle call | a signal broadcast by the sound of a bugle. |
| n. (cognition) | 4. recall, recollection, reminiscence | the process of remembering (especially the process of recovering information by mental effort).; "he has total recall of the episode" |
| ~ remembering, memory | the cognitive processes whereby past experience is remembered.; "he can do it from memory"; "he enjoyed remembering his father" |
| ~ mind | recall or remembrance.; "it came to mind" |
| ~ reconstructive memory, reconstruction | recall that is hypothesized to work by storing abstract features which are then used to construct the memory during recall. |
| ~ reproductive memory, reproduction | recall that is hypothesized to work by storing the original stimulus input and reproducing it during recall. |
| ~ regurgitation | recall after rote memorization.; "he complained that school was just memorization and regurgitation" |
| n. (act) | 5. recall | the act of removing an official by petition. |
| ~ abrogation, repeal, annulment | the act of abrogating; an official or legal cancellation. |
| ~ america, the states, u.s.a., united states, united states of america, us, usa, u.s. | North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean; achieved independence in 1776. |
| v. (cognition) | 6. call back, call up, recall, recollect, remember, retrieve, think | recall knowledge from memory; have a recollection.; "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" |
| ~ know | perceive as familiar.; "I know this voice!" |
| ~ recognize, recognise | perceive to be the same. |
| ~ brush up, refresh, review | refresh one's memory.; "I reviewed the material before the test" |
| v. (communication) | 7. come back, hark back, recall, return | go back to something earlier.; "This harks back to a previous remark of his" |
| ~ denote, refer | have as a meaning.; "`multi-' denotes `many' " |
| ~ go back, recur | return in thought or speech to something. |
| v. (stative) | 8. echo, recall | call to mind.; "His words echoed John F. Kennedy" |
| ~ resemble | appear like; be similar or bear a likeness to.; "She resembles her mother very much"; "This paper resembles my own work" |
| v. (communication) | 9. call back, recall | summon to return.; "The ambassador was recalled to his country"; "The company called back many of the workers it had laid off during the recession" |
| ~ send for, call | order, request, or command to come.; "She was called into the director's office"; "Call the police!" |
| v. (cognition) | 10. recall | cause one's (or someone else's) thoughts or attention to return from a reverie or digression.; "She was recalled by a loud laugh" |
| ~ focus, pore, rivet, center, centre, concentrate | direct one's attention on something.; "Please focus on your studies and not on your hobbies" |
| v. (social) | 11. recall | make unavailable; bar from sale or distribution.; "The company recalled the product when it was found to be faulty" |
| ~ strike down, cancel | declare null and void; make ineffective.; "Cancel the election results"; "strike down a law" |
| ~ retire | withdraw from circulation or from the market, as of bills, shares, and bonds. |
| v. (possession) | 12. call back, call in, recall, withdraw | cause to be returned.; "recall the defective auto tires"; "The manufacturer tried to call back the spoilt yoghurt" |
| ~ take | take into one's possession.; "We are taking an orphan from Romania"; "I'll take three salmon steaks" |
| ~ decommission | withdraw from active service.; "The warship was decommissioned in 1998" |
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