Recall meaning

What does “recall” mean? Definitions, examples, synonyms and opposites.

“recall” is a noun and verb with 12 meanings. Its most common meaning is: a request by the manufacturer of a defective product to return the product (as for replacement or repair).

recall

noun

a request by the manufacturer of a defective product to return the product (as for replacement or repair)
Synonymscallback
a call to return
“the recall of our ambassador”
a bugle call that signals troops to return
the process of remembering (especially the process of recovering information by mental effort)
“he has total recall of the episode”
Synonymsrecollection reminiscence
the act of removing an official by petition

verb

recall knowledge from memory; have a recollection
“I can't remember saying any such thing”
“I can't think what her last name was”
Synonymsremember retrieve call back call up recollect think
go back to something earlier
“This harks back to a previous remark of his”
Synonymshark back return come back
call to mind
“His words echoed John F. Kennedy”
Synonymsecho
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”
Synonymscall back
cause one's (or someone else's) thoughts or attention to return from a reverie or digression
“She was recalled by a loud laugh”
make unavailable; bar from sale or distribution
“The company recalled the product when it was found to be faulty”
Oppositesissue
cause to be returned
“recall the defective auto tires”
“The manufacturer tried to call back the spoilt yoghurt”
Synonymscall in call back withdraw

Source: WordNet 3.1, Princeton University

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