Recall
WordNet
noun
(1) The act of removing an official by petition
(2) The process of remembering (especially the process of recovering information by mental effort)
"He has total recall of the episode"
(3) A bugle call that signals troops to return
(4) A call to return
"The recall of our ambassador"
(5) A request by the manufacturer of a defective product to return the product (as for replacement or repair)
verb
(6) 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"
(7) Cause one's (or someone else's) thoughts or attention to return from a reverie or digression
"She was recalled by a loud laugh"
(8) 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"
(9) Go back to something earlier
"This harks back to a previous remark of his"
(10) Cause to be returned
"Recall the defective auto tires"
"The manufacturer tried to call back the spoilt yoghurt"
(11) Make unavailable; bar from sale or distribution
"The company recalled the product when it was found to be faulty"
(12) Call to mind
"His words echoed John F. Kennedy"
WiktionaryText
Etymology
From re- + call, modelled on Latin revocare or French rappeler.
Verb
- To call back, bring back or summon to a specific place, station etc.
- He was recalled to service after his retirement.
- She was recalled to London for the trial.
- To remember, recollect.
- I don't recall that story.
- To request or order someone or something to return, especially that a product or batch of products be returned to its manufacturer for repair or replacement
- To cancel or annul, especially of a journey undertaken by an official.
- California voters recalled Governor Gray Davis in 2003.
Usage notes
- In sense 2. this is a catenative verb that takes the gerund (-ing). See Appendix:English catenative verbs