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Definitions for Recall
[1] to bring back from memory; recollect; remember: Can you recall what she said?
[2] to call back; summon to return: The army recalled many veterans.
[3] to bring (one's thoughts, attention, etc.) back to matters previously considered: He recalled his mind from pleasant daydreams to the dull task at hand.
[4] International Law . to summon back and withdraw the office from (a diplomat).
[5] to revoke or withdraw: to recall a promise.
[6] to revive.
[7] an act of recalling.
[8] recollection; remembrance.
[9] the act or possibility of revoking something.
[10] the removal or the right of removal of a public official from office by a vote of the people taken upon petition of a specified number of the qualified electors.
[11] Also called callback. a summons by a manufacturer or other agency for the return of goods or a product already shipped to market or sold to consumers but discovered to be defective, contaminated, unsafe, or the like.
[12] a signal made by a vessel to recall one of its boats.
[13] a signal displayed to direct a racing yacht to sail across the starting line again.
[14] (may take a clause as object) to bring back to mind; recollect; remember
[15] to order to return; call back permanently or temporarily to recall an ambassador
[16] to revoke or take back
[17] to cause (one's thoughts, attention, etc) to return from a reverie or digression
[18] poetic to restore or revive
[19] the act of recalling or state of being recalled
[20] revocation or cancellation
[21] the ability to remember things; recollection
[22] military (esp formerly) a signal to call back troops, etc, usually a bugle call to sound the recall
[23] US the process by which elected officials may be deprived of office by popular vote
Words related to Recall
cancellation, withdrawal, summon, remind, evoke, cite, suspend, cancel, dismiss, withdraw, recollection, reminiscence, memory, anamnesis, revocation, annulment, rescission, repeal, nullification, retraction
Words nearby Recall
recalcitrant, recalcitrate, recalculate, recalesce, recalescence, recall, recamier, recanalization, recant, recap, recapitalization
Origin of Recall
First recorded in 1575–85; re- + call
Other words from Recall
re·call·a·ble , adjective
un·re·call·a·ble , adjective
un·re·called , adjective