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Past tense of recall

regular verb

The past tense of recall is recalled. The past participle is also recalled.

Forms of recall

Base form (V1)recall /ɹɪˈkɔːl/
Past tense (V2)recalled /ɹɪˈkɔːld/
Past participle (V3)recalled /ɹɪˈkɔːld/
Present participlerecalling /ɹɪˈkɔːlɪŋ/
Third person singularrecalls

Recalled in a sentence

  • He was recalled to service after his retirement.
  • She was recalled to London for the trial.
  • The old fellow chortled as he recalled his youthful adventures.From the entry chortle
  • He recalled his dissipated youth spent in nightclubs and bars.From the entry dissipated
  • His eyes grew wistful as he recalled his university days.From the entry wistful

Meaning of recall

  1. verb To withdraw, retract (one's words etc.); to revoke (an order).
  2. verb To call back, bring back, or summon (someone) to a specific place, station, etc.
  3. verb To remove an elected official through a petition and direct vote.

Full definition of recall

Questions about the past tense of recall

What is the past tense of recall?
The past tense of recall is recalled.
What is the past participle of recall?
The past participle of recall is recalled.
Is recall a regular or irregular verb?
Recall is a regular verb: its past tense adds -ed.

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: recall (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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