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recall

Dictionary definition · recall

noun

  1. a request by the manufacturer of a defective product to return the product (as for replacement or repair)
  2. a call to return"the recall of our ambassador"
  3. a bugle call that signals troops to return
  4. the process of remembering (especially the process of recovering information by mental effort)"he has total recall of the episode"
  5. the act of removing an official by petition

verb

  1. recall knowledge from memory; have a recollection"I can't remember saying any such thing"
  2. go back to something earlier"This harks back to a previous remark of his"
  3. bring to mind"His words echoed John F. Kennedy"
  4. summon to return"The ambassador was recalled to his country"
  5. cause one's (or someone else's) thoughts or attention to return from a reverie or digression"She was recalled by a loud laugh"
  6. make unavailable; bar from sale or distribution"The company recalled the product when it was found to be faulty"
  7. cause to be returned"recall the defective auto tires"

Similar words

callbackcall backcall uprecollectrememberretrievethinkcome backhark backreturn

Source: Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).