noun
a request by the manufacturer of a defective product to return the product (as for replacement or repair)
Synonyms
noun
a call to return
Examples
- the recall of our ambassador
noun
a bugle call that signals troops to return
noun
the process of remembering (especially the process of recovering information by mental effort)
Synonyms
Examples
- he has total recall of the episode
noun
the act of removing an official by petition
verb
recall knowledge from memory
Synonyms
Examples
- have a recollection
- I can't remember saying any such thing
- I can't think what her last name was
- can you remember her phone number?
- Do you remember that he once loved you?
- call up memories
verb
go back to something earlier
Synonyms
Examples
- This harks back to a previous remark of his
verb
call to mind
Synonyms
Examples
- His words echoed John F. Kennedy
verb
summon to return
Synonyms
call back
Examples
- The ambassador was recalled to his country
- The company called back many of the workers it had laid off during the recession
verb
cause one's (or someone else's) thoughts or attention to return from a reverie or digression
Examples
- She was recalled by a loud laugh
verb
make unavailable
Examples
- bar from sale or distribution
- The company recalled the product when it was found to be faulty
verb
cause to be returned
Synonyms
Examples
- recall the defective auto tires
- The manufacturer tried to call back the spoilt yoghurt