Definition of recall

noun (n)

• a request by the manufacturer of a defective product to return the product (as for replacement or repair) (noun.communication)

  Synonym: callback
  

  source: wordnet30
• a call to return (noun.communication)

  Example:
  The recall of our ambassador.
  

  source: wordnet30
• a bugle call that signals troops to return (noun.communication)

  source: wordnet30
• the process of remembering (especially the process of recovering information by mental effort) (noun.cognition)

  Synonym: recollection, reminiscence
  

  Example:
  He has total recall of the episode.
  

  source: wordnet30
• the act of removing an official by petition (noun.act)

  source: wordnet30
• A calling back; a revocation. (noun)

  source: webster1913
• The right or procedure by which a public official, commonly a legislative or executive official, may be removed from office, before the end of his term of office, by a vote of the people to be taken on the filing of a petition signed by a required number or percentage of qualified voters. (noun)

  source: webster1913

verb (v)

• recall knowledge from memory; have a recollection (verb.cognition)

  Synonym: call back, call up, recollect, remember, retrieve, think
  Antonym: blank out, block, draw a blank, forget
  

  source: wordnet30
• go back to something earlier (verb.communication)

  Synonym: come back, hark back, return
  

  source: wordnet30
• call to mind (verb.stative)

  Synonym: echo, evoke, paint a picture, suggest
  

  source: wordnet30
• summon to return (verb.communication)

  Synonym: call back
  

  Example:
  The ambassador was recalled to his country.
  

  source: wordnet30
• cause one's (or someone else's) thoughts or attention to return from a reverie or digression (verb.cognition)

  Example:
  She was recalled by a loud laugh.
  

  source: wordnet30
• make unavailable; bar from sale or distribution (verb.social)

  Antonym: issue, supply
  

  Example:
  The company recalled the product when it was found to be faulty.
  

  source: wordnet30
• cause to be returned (verb.possession)

  Synonym: call back, call in, withdraw
  

  Example:
  Recall the defective auto tires.
  

  source: wordnet30
• To call back; to summon to return; as, to recall troops; to recall an ambassador. (verb)

  source: webster1913

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