"call to mind" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Forms: calls to mind [present, singular, third-person], calling to mind [participle, present], called to mind [participle, past], called to mind [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} call to mind (third-person singular simple present calls to mind, present participle calling to mind, simple past and past participle called to mind)
  1. To intentionally think about; to reflect upon. Categories (topical): Thinking
    Sense id: en-call_to_mind-en-verb-I8M-mpML Disambiguation of Thinking: 64 36 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 52 48
  2. To cause to think about; to evoke. Synonyms: bring to mind
    Sense id: en-call_to_mind-en-verb-Nr10DwbB Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 52 48 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 43 57 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 44 56
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: come to mind, spring to mind, bring to mind, leap to mind

Inflected forms

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