| Noun | 1. | recall - a request by the manufacturer of a defective product to return the product (as for replacement or repair) | |
| 2. | recall - a call to return; "the recall of our ambassador"call - a request; "many calls for Christmas stories"; "not many calls for buggywhips" | |
| 3. | recall - a bugle call that signals troops to returnbugle call - a signal broadcast by the sound of a bugle | |
| 4. | recall - the process of remembering (especially the process of recovering information by mental effort); "he has total recall of the episode"remembering, memory - the cognitive processes whereby past experience is remembered; "he can do it from memory"; "he enjoyed remembering his father" mind - recall or remembrance; "it came to mind" regurgitation - recall after rote memorization; "he complained that school was just memorization and regurgitation" | |
| 5. | recall - the act of removing an official by petition | |
| Verb | 1. | recall - recall knowledge from memory; have a recollection; "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"know - perceive as familiar; "I know this voice!" | |
| 2. | recall - go back to something earlier; "This harks back to a previous remark of his"denote, refer - have as a meaning; "`multi-' denotes `many' " | |
| 3. | recall - call to mind; "His words echoed John F. Kennedy"resemble - appear like; be similar or bear a likeness to; "She resembles her mother very much"; "This paper resembles my own work" | |
| 4. | recall - 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"send for, call - order, request, or command to come; "She was called into the director's office"; "Call the police!" | |
| 5. | recall - cause one's (or someone else's) thoughts or attention to return from a reverie or digression; "She was recalled by a loud laugh" | |
| 6. | recall - make unavailable; bar from sale or distribution; "The company recalled the product when it was found to be faulty"strike down, cancel - declare null and void; make ineffective; "Cancel the election results"; "strike down a law" retire - withdraw from circulation or from the market, as of bills, shares, and bonds issue, supply - circulate or distribute or equip with; "issue a new uniform to the children"; "supply blankets for the beds" | |
| 7. | recall - cause to be returned; "recall the defective auto tires"; "The manufacturer tried to call back the spoilt yoghurt"take - take into one's possession; "We are taking an orphan from Romania"; "I'll take three salmon steaks" decommission - withdraw from active service; "The warship was decommissioned in 1998" | |