Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

re-call

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.05 in modern English

Syllables: re--call
IPA

8

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

3

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

Alternative form of recall (“To call again.”).

Transitive verb

Example Sentences

"In 1792 the troubles in Poland re-called him to arms."
"animationTick calls _tickAnimation on all of the chart elements, calls the main _render method of the chart to render it out to the canvas, and finally, if any of the elements were still in progress, requests a new animation frame that will re-call animationTick when the new frame is ready."

Etymology

From re- + call, with hyphen to avoid confusion with recall (“remember”).

Word Breakdown

Prefix: re

Usage

Transitive verb

Inflected Forms

re-calls (present, singular) re-calling (participle, present) re-called (participle, past) re-called (past)

Questions

What does re-call mean?: Alternative form of recall (“To call again.”).
Where does re-call come from?: From re- + call, with hyphen to avoid confusion with recall (“remember”).

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