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Recollect

To recover or recall the knowledge of; to bring back to the mind or memory; to remember.

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Broader term 3

Cerebrate 76% connected

To exhibit mental activity; to have the brain in action.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a broader lexical category for at least one sense.

Cogitate 76% connected

To engage in continuous thought; to think.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a broader lexical category for at least one sense.

Think 76% connected

To seem or appear; -- used chiefly in the expressions methinketh or methinks, and methought.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a broader lexical category for at least one sense.

Manner of action 4

Know 76% connected

Knee.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet identifies the related verb as a more specific manner of this action.

Recognize 76% connected

To know again; to perceive the identity of, with a person or thing previously known; to recover or recall knowledge of.

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Refresh 76% connected

To make fresh again; to restore strength, spirit, animation, or the like, to; to relieve from fatigue or depression; to reinvigorate; to enliven anew…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Review 76% connected

To view or see again; to look back on.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Retrieval 74% connected

The act retrieving.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Retrieval 74% connected

The act retrieving.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Synonym 4

Recall 92% connected

To call back; to summon to return; as, to recall troops; to recall an ambassador.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Remember 92% connected

To have ( a notion or idea) come into the mind again, as previously perceived, known, or felt; to have a renewed apprehension of; to bring to mind ag…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Retrieve 92% connected

To find again; to recover; to regain; to restore from loss or injury; as, to retrieve one's character; to retrieve independence.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Think 92% connected

To seem or appear; -- used chiefly in the expressions methinketh or methinks, and methought.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

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