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If the software doesn't work, you'll need to reboot your computer.

re • call / ri ' ы / verb

( re - calls , re call ing , re - called )

( formal )

to remember something I don't recall the name of the hotel.

re • ceipt / ri ' sit / noun [ count ]

a piece of paper that shows you have paid for something "I would like to return this purse." "Do you have your receipt?"

re .ceive Ф / nw verb

( re - ceives , re - ceiv ing , re - ceived )

( formal ) SPELLING

When the sound is / i / (which is the vowel sound in the word "be"), there is a spelling rule: I before E, except after C , so you spell receive with EI (not IE ).

to get or accept something that someone has given or sent to you

Did you receive my letter? —SYNONYM get

re • ceiv • er / ri ' sivsr / noun [ count ]

the part of a telephone that you use for listening and speaking

re .cent Ф' / l'isont/ adjective

that happened or began only a short time ago Is this a recent photo of your son?

re .cent .ly © / 'risontli/ adverb

not long ago

She worked here until pretty recently.

re • cep • tion / ri ' sepjn / noun

[ count ] a big, important party

The wedding reception will be held at a hotel downtown.

[ noncount ] how good telephone, television, and radio signals are

We get much better reception with cable TV.

[ noncount ] the place where you go first when you arrive at a hotel or an office building

Please leave your key at the reception desk .

re • cep • tion • ist / risepjn^ist / noun [count]

a person in a hotel, an office, etc. whose job is to answer the telephone and to help people when they arrive

re • cess / ' rises / noun [ noncount ]

the time at school when you can go out and play We played soccer at recess .

re • ces • sion / ri 'sejn / noun [count, noncount]

( BUSINESS ) a time when the business and industry of a

country are not successful

The country is now in a recession .

— Look at depression ( 2 ).

re • charge / ,ri ' tjard3 /

(re -charg -es,re - charg- ing ,re - charged )

to fill something with electrical power He plugged in his phone to recharge it. I need to recharge my camera batteries.

rec • i • pe / ' resspi / noun [ count ]

a piece of writing that tells you how to cook something Collocations Cooking preparing chop/slice the onions peel the potatoes/an orange grate the cheese/a carrot mix (together) all the ingredients cooking

heat the oven/the broiler/some oil in a frying pan

melt the butter/chocolate/cheese

cook food/fish/meat/rice

bake bread/a cake/cookies/muffins

boil potatoes/an egg/water

fry/stir-fry the chicken/vegetables

grill/broil/barbecue fish/meat/steak

roast chicken/turkey/potatoes

steam rice/vegetables

microwave food/popcorn/your dinner

re • cite / ri ' sait / verb ( re cites , re - cit - ing , re - cit - ed )

to say something, for example a poem or a list, from

memory because you have learned it

Can you recite the names of all of the U.S. presidents?

reck • less / ' reklss / adjective

A person who is reckless does dangerous things without thinking about what could happen reckless driving

reck • on / ' reksn / verb (reck -ons , reck - on - ing,reck -oned )

( informal ) to believe something because you have thought about it

It's late. I reckon she isn't coming.

to use numbers to find an answer

We reckoned the trip would take about half an hour.

rec • og • ni • tion / ,reksg ' nijn / noun

[noncount]

1 knowing what something is or who someone is when you see it or them