recall Význam & definícia

Význam recall v slovenčine

• 0 to bring the memory of a past event into your mind, and often to give a description of what you remember:

  • The old man recalled the city as it had been before the war.

  • "As I recall," he said with some irritation, "you still owe me €150."

  • [ + (that) ] He recalled (that) he had sent the letter over a month ago.

  • [ + question word ] Can you recall what happened last night?

  • [ + -ing verb ] She recalled seeing him outside the shop on the night of the robbery.

  • His paintings recall the style of Picasso.

• 1 to order the return of a person who belongs to an organization or of products made by a company:

  • The ambassador was recalled when war broke out.

  • The company recalled thousands of jars of baby food after a salmonella scare.

• 2 the ability to remember things:

  • Old people often have astonishing powers of recall.

  • My brother has total recall (= he can remember every detail of past events).

• 3 an occasion when someone orders the return of a person who belongs to an organization, or orders the return of products made by a company:

  • an emergency recall of Parliament

  • The company issued a recall of all their latest antibiotics.

• 4 to bring the memory of a past event into your mind:

  • I can vividly recall our first kiss.

  • [ + that clause ] He recalled that he had sent the letter over a month ago.

  • [ + question word ] Can you recall what happened last night?

• 5 to order the return of a product made by a company because of a fault in the product

• 6 an order for the return of a product made by a company because of a fault in the product:

  • The government ordered a recall of the garment, saying it could burst into flames.

• 7 the ability to remember things:

  • He has perfect/total recall.

• 8 if a company or manufacturer recalls a particular product, it officially asks stores and consumers to return it because it is not safe to use:

  • The Consumer Product Safety Commission said the company is recalling 773,900 toys because of safety concerns.

  • At least six pet food companies have recalled products made with imported wheat gluten tainted with a toxic chemical.

• 9 to remember something you have seen or heard in an advertisement:

  • Research by a leading marketing corporation shows that 42% of shoppers can recall a brand they've seen on in-store screens.

• 10 a process in which a company or manufacturer officially asks stores and consumers to return a product because it is not safe to use:

  • The current recall involves salad mix that was processed at a plant in Ohio.

  • The group's global recall of nearly ten million laptop computer batteries had devastated its third-quarter earnings.

  • a product recall

  • issue/announce/order a recall In some cases, regulators and carmakers can spend months looking into possible defects before issuing a recall.

  • The drugs company denied that any agency or group had pressed for a recall.

  • a major/massive/large recall (of sth) It issued a massive recall of its peanut butter brands after a multistate salmonella outbreak.

• 11 someone's ability to remember something that they have seen or heard in an advertisement:

  • Creating a memorable tagline can be a highly effective way to boost brand recall.