recall Meaning, Definition & Usage

1. noun a request by the manufacturer of a defective product to return the product (as for replacement or repair)
   callback.
   
2. noun a call to return
   
   • the recall of our ambassador
3. noun a bugle call that signals troops to return
   
4. noun the process of remembering (especially the process of recovering information by mental effort)
   recollection; reminiscence.
   
   • he has total recall of the episode
5. noun the act of removing an official by petition
   
6. verb recall knowledge from memory; have a recollection
   retrieve; remember; recollect; call back; think; call up.
   
   • 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
7. verb go back to something earlier
   come back; return; hark back.
   
   • This harks back to a previous remark of his
8. verb call to mind
   echo.
   
   • His words echoed John F. Kennedy
9. verb summon to return
   call back.
   
   • The ambassador was recalled to his country
   • The company called back many of the workers it had laid off during the recession
10. verb cause one's (or someone else's) thoughts or attention to return from a reverie or digression
    
    • She was recalled by a loud laugh
11. verb make unavailable; bar from sale or distribution
    
    • The company recalled the product when it was found to be faulty
12. verb cause to be returned
    call in; withdraw; call back.
    
    • recall the defective auto tires
    • The manufacturer tried to call back the spoilt yoghurt

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