recall | Origin and meaning of recall by Online Etymology Dictionary

Entries related to recall

Others are reading

Share recall

Definitions of recall from WordNet

recall (v.)

recall knowledge from memory; have a recollection;

Synonyms: remember / retrieve / call back / call up / recollect / think

recall (v.)

go back to something earlier;

Synonyms: hark back / return / come back

recall (v.)

call to mind;

Synonyms: echo

recall (v.)

summon to return;

The ambassador was recalled to his country

Synonyms: call back

recall (v.)

cause one's (or someone else's) thoughts or attention to return from a reverie or digression;

She was recalled by a loud laugh

recall (v.)

make unavailable; bar from sale or distribution;

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

recall (v.)

cause to be returned;

recall the defective auto tires

Synonyms: call in / call back / withdraw

recall (n.)

a request by the manufacturer of a defective product to return the product (as for replacement or repair);

Synonyms: callback

recall (n.)

a call to return;

the recall of our ambassador

recall (n.)

a bugle call that signals troops to return;

recall (n.)

the process of remembering (especially the process of recovering information by mental effort);

he has total recall of the episode

Synonyms: recollection / reminiscence

recall (n.)

the act of removing an official by petition;

From wordnet.princeton.edu

Dictionary entries near recall

rec

recalcitrance

recalcitrant

recalcitrate

recalibrate

recall

recant

recantation

recap

recapitulate

recapitulation