🇰🇷Korean Source WordCode: KO

회상

Pronunciation / Transliteration: hoisang

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Recall/rɪˈkɔːl/
nounverbCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #800 frequency
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🇰🇷 Example Sentence in Korean:

"사건의 회상이 명확했다."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    The act of remembering or bringing back to mind.

    "The recall of the event was vivid and clear."
As verb
  1. 1

    To bring back to mind; to remember.

    "She tried to recall the details of the meeting."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The word 'recall' originates from the Middle English 'recallen', which is derived from the Old French 'recaller', meaning 'to call back'. The prefix 're-' indicates repetition, while 'call' comes from the Germanic root 'kalōną', meaning 'to call'. Over time, the meaning has evolved to encompass both the act of remembering and the act of retrieving something.

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