re- + call

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思い出す

remember: 本義は「覚えている」こと. 時に人名・過去の体験などを自然に思い出すことをさす

e.g. I can't remember his name at all.: 彼の名前がちっとも思い出せない

recall: 意図的に思い出そうとすること. 他に比べてやや堅い語.

e.g. I later recalled how kind she was to me.: 後になって, 彼女がいかに親切だったか思い出した

be reminded: 何らかの理由・きっかけによって, 思い出すこと.

e.g. I was reminded of her kindness how kind she was, that she was kind.: 彼女の親切を思い出した

REMEMBER, RECOLLECT, RECALL, REMIND, REMINISCE mean to bring an image or idea from the past into the mind.

REMEMBER implies a keeping in memory that may be effortless or unwilled.

e.g. remembers that day as though it were yesterday

RECOLLECT implies a bringing back to mind what is lost or scattered.

e.g. as near as I can recollect

RECALL suggests an effort to bring back to mind and often to re-create in speech.

e.g. can't recall the words of the song

REMIND suggests a jogging of one's memory by an association or similarity.

e.g. that reminds me of a story

REMINISCE implies a casual often nostalgic recalling of experiences long past and gone.

e.g. old college friends like to reminisce

verb |rəˈkôl| with object

1. bring (a fact, event, or situation) back into one's mind, especially so as to recount it to others; remember:

｟かたく｠ 〈人が〉〈人･物･事〉を思い出す(remember); 〖recall doing〗 〈人が〉…したことを思い出す

e.g. I can still vaguely recall being taken to the hospital

〖recall (that)節/wh節〗 〈人が〉…ということを［…かを］思い出す

e.g. with clause : he recalled how he felt at the time

｟書｠ 〖直接話法〗…と思い出す

e.g. with direct speech : “He was awfully fond of teasing people,” she recalled.

cause one to remember or think of:

〈物･事が〉…を思い出させる (!進行形にしない)

e.g. the film's analysis of contemporary concerns recalls The Big Chill.

(recall someone/something to) bring the memory or thought of someone or something to (a person or their mind):

e.g. the smell of a black-currant bush has ever since recalled to me that evening.

call up (stored computer data) for processing or display.

〘コンピュ〙 〈人が〉〈情報〉を呼び出す

2. officially order (someone) to return to a place:

〈人が〉 «…から/…へ» 〈人〉を呼び戻す, 召還する, 復帰させる «from/to»

e.g. the Panamanian ambassador was recalled from Peru.

select (a sports player) as a member of a team from which they have previously been dropped:

e.g. the Fulham defender has been recalled to the Welsh squad for the World Cup.

(of a manufacturer) request all the purchasers of (a certain product) to return it, as the result of the discovery of a fault.

〈会社が〉〈不良品など〉を回収する, リコールする

bring (someone) out of a state of inattention or reverie:

e.g. her action recalled him to the present.

archaic revoke or annul (an action or decision).

noun |ˈrēˌkôl, rēˈkôl|

1. an act or instance of officially recalling someone or something:

〖単数形で〗(公式の)帰国［復帰, 召還］命令; ｟英｠ (チームへの)復帰

e.g. a recall of Parliament.

North American the removal of an elected government official from office by a petition followed by voting.

｟米｠ リコール〘住民投票による解職〙

2. the action or faculty of remembering something learned or experienced:

記憶力, 思い出す能力［こと］

e.g. he has amazing recall

e.g. people's understanding and subsequent recall of stories or events.

the proportion of the number of relevant documents retrieved from a database in response to an inquiry.

in such a way that restoration is impossible:

e.g. shopping developments have already blighted other parts of the city beyond recall.

recallable |rəˈkôləb(ə)l| adjective

late 16th century (as a verb): from re- ‘again’ + call, suggested by Latin revocare or French rappeler ‘call back’.