3 VERB If you are recalled to your home, country, or the place where you work, you are ordered to return there. □ [V n] The Ambassador was recalled after a row over refugees seeking asylum at the embassy. ● N‑SING Recall is also a noun. □ [+ of ] The recall of ambassador Alan Green was a public signal of America's concern.
4 VERB In sport, if a player is recalled to a team, he or she is included in that team again after being left out. □ [be V -ed + to ] He is still delighted at being recalled to the Argentina squad after a nine-year absence. ● N‑SING Recall is also a noun. □ [+ to ] It would be great to get a recall to the England squad for Sweden.
5 VERB 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. □ [V n] The toy company said it was recalling the building set. SYNONYMS recall VERB 1
remember: I certainly don't remember talking to you at all.
recollect: His efforts, the Duke recollected many years later, were distinctly half-hearted.
re|cant /r I kæ nt/ (recants , recanting , recanted ) VERB If you recant , you say publicly that you no longer hold a set of beliefs that you had in the past. [FORMAL ] □ [V ] White House officials ordered Williams to recant. □ [V n] …a man who had refused after torture to recant his heresy.
re|cap /riː kæ p/ (recaps , recapping , recapped ) VERB You can say that you are going to recap when you want to draw people's attention to the fact that you are going to repeat the main points of an explanation, argument, or description, as a summary of it. □ [V ] To recap briefly, an agreement negotiated to cut the budget deficit was rejected 10 days ago. □ [V n] Can you recap the points included in the regional conference proposal? ● N‑SING Recap is also a noun. □ [+ of ] Each report starts with a recap of how we did versus our projections.
re|capi|tal|ize /riːkæ p I təla I z/ (recapitalizes , recapitalizing , recapitalized ) VERB If a company recapitalizes , it changes the way it manages its financial affairs, for example by borrowing money or reissuing shares. [AM , BUSINESS ] □ [V ] Mr Warnock resigned as the company abandoned a plan to recapitalize. □ [V n] He plans to recapitalize the insurance fund. ● re|capi|tali|za|tion /riːkæ p I təla I ze I ʃ ə n/ (recapitalizations ) N‑COUNT □ [+ of ] …a recapitalization of the company.
re|ca|pitu|late /riː kəp I tʃʊle I t/ (recapitulates , recapitulating , recapitulated ) VERB You can say that you are going to recapitulate the main points of an explanation, argument, or description when you want to draw attention to the fact that you are going to repeat the most important points as a summary. □ [V n] Let's just recapitulate the essential points. □ [V ] To recapitulate, the terms already communicated to you call for a minimum of publicity. ● re|ca|pitu|la|tion /riː kəp I tʃʊle I ʃ ə n/ N‑SING □ [+ of ] Chapter 9 provides a recapitulation of the material already presented.
re|cap|ture /riː kæ ptʃə r / (recaptures , recapturing , recaptured )
1 VERB When soldiers recapture an area of land or a place, they gain control of it again from an opposing army who had taken it from them. □ [V n] They said the bodies were found when rebels recaptured the area. ● N‑SING Recapture is also a noun. □ [+ of ] …an offensive to be launched for the recapture of the city.
2 VERB When people recapture something that they have lost to a competitor, they get it back again. □ [V n] I believe that he would be the best possibility to recapture the centre vote in the forthcoming election.
3 VERB To recapture a person or animal which has escaped from somewhere means to catch them again. □ [V n] Police have recaptured Alan Lord, who escaped from a police cell in Bolton. ● N‑SING Recapture is also a noun. □ [+ of ] …the recapture of a renegade police chief in Panama.
4 VERB When you recapture something such as an experience, emotion, or a quality that you had in the past, you experience it again. When something recaptures an experience for you, it makes you remember it. □ [V n] He couldn't recapture the form he'd shown in getting to the semi-final.
re|cast /riː kɑː st, -kæ st/ (recasts , recasting ) The form recast is used in the present tense and is the past tense and past participle. 1 VERB If you recast something, you change it by organizing it in a different way. □ [V n] The shake-up aims to recast the company as a federation of flexible and competing subsidiaries. ● re|cast|ing N‑SING □ [+ of ] …the recasting of the political map of Europe.
2 VERB To recast an actor's role means to give the role to another actor. □ [V n] Stoppard had to recast four of the principal roles.
rec|ce /re ki/ (recces , recceing , recced ) VERB If you recce an area, you visit that place in order to become familiar with it. People usually recce an area when they are going to return at a later time to do something there. [BRIT , OLD-FASHIONED ] □ [V n] The first duty of a director is to recce his location. ● N‑COUNT Recce is also a noun. □ Uncle Jim took the air rifle and went on a recce to the far end of the quarry.
recd. In written English, recd. can be used as an abbreviation for received .
re|cede /r I siː d/ (recedes , receding , receded )