|1.||[ verb ] recall knowledge from memory; have a recollection|
|Synonyms:||remember think recollect call_up remind call_back retrieve|
: "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"
|Related terms:||forget recognize review know remember idea think retrieval|
|2.||[ verb ] go back to something earlier|
|Synonyms:||return come_back hark_back|
"This harks back to a previous remark of his"
|Related terms:||denote recur|
|3.||[ 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"
|4.||[ verb ] call to mind|
: "His words echoed John F. Kennedy"
|Related terms:||resemble echo|
|5.||[ verb ] summon to return|
"The ambassador was recalled to his country" "The company called back many of the workers it had laid off during the recession"
|Related terms:||call call-back|
|6.||[ verb ] make unavailable; bar from sale or distribution|
"The company recalled the product when it was found to be faulty"
|Related terms:||issue cancel retire call_in callback|
|7.||[ noun ] the process of remembering (especially the process of recovering information by mental effort)|
"he has total recall of the episode"
|Related terms:||memory mind reproduction regurgitation reconstruction reminisce|
|8.||[ noun ] (psychology) the ability to recall past occurrences|
|Synonyms:||recollection remembrance anamnesis|
|Related terms:||memory memory mind reminiscence reconstruction remember remember commemorate|
|9.||[ noun ] (military) a bugle call that signals troops to return|
|10.||[ noun ] a call to return|
"the recall of our ambassador"
|11.||[ verb ] cause to be returned|
|Synonyms:||withdraw call_back call_in|
"recall the defective auto tires" The manufacturer tried to call back the spoilt yoghurt"
|Related terms:||take decommission callback|
|12.||[ noun ] a request by the manufacturer of a defective product to return the product (as for replacement or repair)|
|13.||[ noun ] (law,politics) the act of removing an official by petition|
|Related terms:||abrogation US|