отзывать — meaning in English
otzyvat
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English meaning
- countermand verb To cancel an earlier order by giving a new one that goes against it.
- recall verb To bring a past event or fact back into your mind; to remember.
- revoke verb To officially cancel or withdraw something, such as a license, law, or permission.
Senses
отзывать is used for these senses in English:
- call off (transitive) To recall; to cancel or call a halt to.
- countermand To recall a person or unit with such an order.
- recall (transitive) To request or order the return of (a faulty product). [from 20th c.]
- revoke (transitive) To cancel or invalidate by withdrawing or reversing.
countermand — full definition
- verb To cancel an earlier order by giving a new one that goes against it.
- verb To call a person or unit back using such a cancelling order.
- verb To cancel an order placed for particular goods.
- verb To work against something so as to stop it succeeding.
recall — full definition
- verb To bring a past event or fact back into your mind; to remember.
- verb To officially call someone or something back.
- verb To request the return of a faulty product.
- verb To remove an elected official from office through a public vote.
- noun The ability to remember, or an instance of remembering.
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