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Call Back (Verb)

Meaning 1

Return or repeat a telephone call; "I am busy right now--can you call back in an hour?"; "She left a message but the contractor never called back".

Classification

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing.

Hypernyms

  • Reply
  • Respond

Related Words

  • Call-back (noun)

Meaning 2

Recall knowledge from memory; have a recollection; "I can't remember saying any such thing"; "I can't think what her last name was"; "can you remember her phone number?"; "Do you remember that he once loved you?"; "call up memories".

Classification

Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting.

Synonyms

  • Think
  • Recollect
  • Retrieve
  • Remember
  • Call Up
  • Recall

Hyponyms

  • Refresh
  • Review
  • Brush Up
  • Recognise
  • Recognize
  • Know

Meaning 3

Summon to return; "The ambassador was recalled to his country"; "The company called back many of the workers it had laid off during the recession".

Classification

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing.

Synonyms

  • Recall

Hypernyms

  • Call

Related Words

  • Call-back (noun)

Meaning 4

Cause to be returned; "recall the defective auto tires"; "The manufacturer tried to call back the spoilt yoghurt".

Classification

Verbs of buying, selling, owning.

Synonyms

  • Call In
  • Recall
  • Withdraw

Hypernyms

  • Take

Hyponyms

  • Decommission

Related Words

  • Callback (noun)
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