Keep and Recall

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Keep

Keep verb - To mark with an appropriate practice, rite, or ceremony.
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Recall is an antonym for keep.
Nearby Words: keeping, keeper

Recall

Recall verb - To put an end to (something planned or previously agreed to).
Usage example: I'll recall my purchase order if the company refuses to guarantee that it'll arrive before Christmas
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Synonyms for Recall
Antonyms for Recall
Keep is an antonym for recall in ask for return of offending thing topic.
Nearby Words: recalled, recalling, recallable
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How words are described

full full keep full recall
short short keep short recall
perfect perfect keep perfect recall
complete complete keep complete recall
Other adjectives: regular, original, massive, huge, main.

Common collocations

life keep life recall life
man keep man recall man
name keep name recall name
number keep number recall number
Other words: time, fact, face, identity, story, information, anyone, names, memories.

Both words in one sentence

  • Film / Thor: The Dark World For added trouble, Thor's attempts to recall his hammer keep failing because they keep ending up in different realms.
    Source: Film / Thor: The Dark World
  • Recap / Doctor Who 20th AS "The Five Doctors" And the Master seems all too happy to help out, because "a cosmos without the Doctor scarcely bears thinking about." He takes a teleport recall device with him to keep in touch with the Time Lords.
    Source: Recap / Doctor Who 20th AS "The Five Doctors"
  • Western Animation / Voltron: Legendary Defender By the end of the episode he's able to recall that moment—injuring Pidge's brother was the only way to keep him out of the gladiator games.
    Source: Western Animation / Voltron: Legendary Defender
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Antonyms for recall

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