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Wordnet 3.0

VERB (4)

1. cause to be returned;
- Example: "recall the defective auto tires"
- Example: "The manufacturer tried to call back the spoilt yoghurt"
[syn: recall, call in, call back, withdraw]

2. recall knowledge from memory; have a recollection;
- Example: "I can't remember saying any such thing"
- Example: "I can't think what her last name was"
- Example: "can you remember her phone number?"
- Example: "Do you remember that he once loved you?"
- Example: "call up memories"
[syn: remember, retrieve, recall, call back, call up, recollect, think]

3. return or repeat a telephone call;
- Example: "I am busy right now--can you call back in an hour?"
- Example: "She left a message but the contractor never called back"

4. summon to return;
- Example: "The ambassador was recalled to his country"
- Example: "The company called back many of the workers it had laid off during the recession"
[syn: recall, call back]



WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

call back
    v 1: cause to be returned; "recall the defective auto tires";
         "The manufacturer tried to call back the spoilt yoghurt"
         [syn: recall, call in, call back, withdraw]
    2: 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" [syn:
       remember, retrieve, recall, call back, call up,
       recollect, think] [ant: blank out, block, draw a
       blank, forget]
    3: return or repeat a telephone call; "I am busy right now--can
       you call back in an hour?"; "She left a message but the
       contractor never called back"
    4: 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" [syn: recall, call back]