Word Information

Recall

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Definitions for Recall

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
  1. 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
  1. he has total recall of the episode
noun
the act of removing an official by petition
verb
recall knowledge from memory
Synonyms
remember retrieve call back call up recollect think
Examples
  1. have a recollection
  2. I can't remember saying any such thing
  3. I can't think what her last name was
  4. can you remember her phone number?
  5. Do you remember that he once loved you?
  6. call up memories
verb
go back to something earlier
Synonyms
hark back return come back
Examples
  1. This harks back to a previous remark of his
verb
call to mind
Synonyms
Examples
  1. His words echoed John F. Kennedy
verb
summon to return
Synonyms
call back
Examples
  1. The ambassador was recalled to his country
  2. 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
  1. She was recalled by a loud laugh
verb
make unavailable
Examples
  1. bar from sale or distribution
  2. The company recalled the product when it was found to be faulty
verb
cause to be returned
Synonyms
call in call back withdraw
Examples
  1. recall the defective auto tires
  2. The manufacturer tried to call back the spoilt yoghurt

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