recall meaning and definition

RECALL noun

Definition of recall (noun)

1. a request by the manufacturer of a defective product to return the product (as for replacement or repair)
   • synonyms: callback
2. a call to return
   • "the recall of our ambassador"
3. a bugle call that signals troops to return
4. the process of remembering (especially the process of recovering information by mental effort)
   • "he has total recall of the episode"
   • synonyms: recollection, reminiscence
5. the act of removing an official by petition

RECALL verb

Definition of recall (verb)

1. 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"
   • synonyms: call back, call up, recollect, remember, retrieve, think
   • antonym: blank out
2. go back to something earlier
   • "This harks back to a previous remark of his"
   • synonyms: come back, hark back, return
3. call to mind
   • "His words echoed John F. Kennedy"
   • synonyms: echo
4. 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"
   • synonyms: call back
5. 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. make unavailable; bar from sale or distribution
   • "The company recalled the product when it was found to be faulty"
   • antonym: issue
7. cause to be returned
   • "recall the defective auto tires"; "The manufacturer tried to call back the spoilt yoghurt"
   • synonyms: call back, call in, withdraw