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Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th
recall
re·call [recall recalls recalled recalling] verb, noun verb BrE [rɪˈkɔːl] ; NAmE [rɪˈkɔːl] 1. transitive, intransitive (formal) (not used in the progressive tenses)to remember sth Syn: ↑recollect •~ sth She could not recall his name. •(+ adv./prep.) If I recall correctly, he lives in Luton. •~ (sb/sth) doing sth I can't recall meeting her before. •~ that… He recalled that she always came home late on Wednesdays. •~ what, when, etc… Can you recall exactly what happened? •+ speech ‘It was on a Thursday in March,’ he recalled. 2. transitive ~ sth (not used in the progressive tenses)to make sb think of sth Syn: ↑evoke •The poem recalls Eliot's ‘The Waste Land’. 3. transitive to order sb to return •~ sb Both countries recalled their ambassadors. •~ sb to sth 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. transitive ~ sth to ask for sth to be returned, often because there is sth wrong with it •The company has recalled all the faulty hairdryers. Verb forms: Word Origin: late 16th cent. (as a verb): from ↑re- ‘again’ + ↑call, suggested by Latin revocare or French rappeler ‘call back’. Thesaurus: recall verb T, I (not used in the progressive tenses) (formal) •I can't recall meeting her before. remember • • look back • • think back • • bear sb/sth in mind • • reminisce • |formal recollect • Opp: forget recall/remember/bear in mind/recollect that… recall/remember/bear in mind/recollect how/what/where/when… as far as I can recall/remember/recollect Example Bank: •Becky could still recall that first meeting clearly. •I am old enough now to wistfully recall moments of my youth. •I couldn't quite recall the date. •I recall reading in an interview that he loved to cook. •I seem to recall that she said she was going away. •I well recall walking the five miles to school every morning. •She could easily recall the smell of the orange groves. •She recalled how she would go for walks along the beach late at night. •I can't recall meeting her before. •The poem recalls Eliot's ‘The Waste Land’. Idiom: ↑beyond recall noun BrE [rɪˈkɔːl] ; NAmE [rɪˈkɔːl] BrE [ˈriːkɔːl] ; NAmE [ˈriːkɔːl] 1. uncountable 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. singular 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. Word Origin: late 16th cent. (as a verb): from ↑re- ‘again’ + ↑call, suggested by Latin revocare or French rappeler ‘call back’. Example Bank: •to have instant recall
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