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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))
