| query | If a company r______ a product, it asks the shops or the people who have bought that product to return it because there is something wrong with it.If a company recalls a product, it asks the shops or the people who have bought that product to return it because there is something wrong with it. The toy company said it was recalling the building set. More than 3,000 cars were recalled yesterday because of a brake problem. |
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| word | recall |
| full-definition | verb When you recall something, you remember it and tell others about it. Henderson recalled that he first met Pollard during a business trip to Washington. Her teacher recalled: 'She was always on about modelling.' Colleagues today recall with humor how meetings would crawl into the early morning hours. I recalled the way they had been dancing together. I have no idea what she said, something about airline travel, I seem to recall. You can say as I recall, you might recall, or you will recall to someone that you are talking to when you want to mention something that you are both already aware of which is relevant to the discussion . As I recall, you're not on the board, Joe; you're only a minor shareholder. At the final a fortnight ago, you will recall that after eight minutes the club had a two-goal lead. If you are recalled to your home, country, or the place where you work, you are ordered to return there. The Ambassador was recalled after a row over refugees seeking asylum at the embassy. Parliament was recalled from its summer recess. The recall of ambassador Alan Green was a public signal of America's concern. In sport, if a player is recalled to a team, he or she is included in that team again after being left out. He is still delighted at being recalled to the Argentina squad after a nine-year absence. I had done enough after being recalled against Pakistan to have got on the tour to India. It would be great to get a recall to the England squad for Sweden. If a company recalls a product, it asks the shops or the people who have bought that product to return it because there is something wrong with it. The toy company said it was recalling the building set. More than 3,000 cars were recalled yesterday because of a brake problem. noun Recall is the ability to remember something that has happened in the past or the act of remembering it. He had a good memory, and total recall of her spoken words. |
| inflections | recallsrecallingrecalled |
| cefr-level | B2 |
Tags: oxford5k::cefr-level:b2
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