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CALL BACK

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 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Recall knowledge from memory; have a recollection

Example:

call up memories

Synonyms:

call back; call up; recall; recollect; remember; retrieve; think

Classified under:

Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "call back"):

know (perceive as familiar)

recognise; recognize (perceive to be the same)

brush up; refresh; review (refresh one's memory)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
Somebody ----s VERB-ing

Sense 2

Meaning:

Summon to return

Example:

The company called back many of the workers it had laid off during the recession

Synonyms:

call back; recall

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Hypernyms (to "call back" is one way to...):

call; send for (order, request, or command to come)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s somebody

Derivation:

call-back (the recall of an employee after a layoff)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Return or repeat a telephone call

Example:

She left a message but the contractor never called back

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Hypernyms (to "call back" is one way to...):

answer; reply; respond (react verbally)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody

Derivation:

call-back (a return call)

Sense 4

Meaning:

Cause to be returned

Example:

The manufacturer tried to call back the spoilt yoghurt

Synonyms:

call back; call in; recall; withdraw

Classified under:

Verbs of buying, selling, owning

Hypernyms (to "call back" is one way to...):

take (take into one's possession)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "call back"):

decommission (withdraw from active service)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

callback (a request by the manufacturer of a defective product to return the product (as for replacement or repair))

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