Recalling

Part of speech: verb

Pronunciation: /ɹɪˈkɔːlɪŋ/

Definitions

1. The process of retrieving memories or information from the past involves bringing to mind experiences and details previously stored in the mind
2. The act of mentally bringing back information, events, or experiences from one’s memory storage for consideration or use
3. The process of consciously retrieving previously learned or experienced facts, details, or perceptions from memory storage

Etymology: "Recalling" is the present participle of "recall", so the real story belongs to the verb. Its core is the prefix "re-", meaning back, joined to "call". The image is of summoning something back to where it came from, and the Latin "revocāre", meaning to call back, is a close parallel for that sense. The English verb seems to have been modelled on that Latin word and on French "rappeler", which carries the same idea of calling back again. The verb's sense has moved a long way from the physical. Calling someone back once meant literally shouting for a person to return, and recalling an ambassador or a faulty product still keeps that sense of summoning something back to a central point. The jump to remembering, bringing a past event back into the mind, follows the same logic: the memory is called back from storage. The participle carries that meaning into the sense the user needs, bringing a memory back to mind.

Synonyms: remembering, retrieving, recollecting, summoning, reminding

Antonyms: forgetting, overlooking, ignoring, disregarding, neglecting