recall | English to English Dictionary

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recall

(r/i/'k/A/l )

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)

Example:
He has total recall of the episode.

Synonym:
recollection, reminiscence

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

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)

Example:
The ambassador was recalled to his country.

Synonym:
call back

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)

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

Antonym:
issue, supply

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

Example:
Recall the defective auto tires.

Synonym:
call back, call in, withdraw

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

source: webster1913