1. Have and bring to mind a memory of something; bring back knowledge from memory
   "I can't recall saying any such thing";
   - remember, retrieve, call back, call up, recollect, think
    
2. Bring to mind
   "His words recalled John F. Kennedy";
   - echo
    
3. Cause one's (or someone else's) thoughts or attention to return from a reverie or digression
   "She was recalled by a loud laugh"
    
4. Go back to something earlier
   "Let me recall what happened that day";
   - hark back, return, come back
    
5. Summon to return
   "The ambassador was recalled to his country";
   - call back
    
6. Cause to be returned
   "recall the defective auto tires";
   - call in, call back, withdraw
    
7. Make unavailable; bar from sale or distribution
   "The company recalled the product when it was found to be faulty"

1. The process of remembering (especially the process of recovering information by mental effort)
   "he has total recall of the episode";
   - recollection, reminiscence
    
2. A request by the manufacturer of a defective product to return the product (as for replacement or repair)
   "The car company issued a recall for vehicles with faulty airbags";
   - callback
    
3. A call to return
   "the recall of our ambassador"
    
4. A bugle call that signals troops to return
   "The recall echoed across the battlefield, ordering soldiers back to camp"
    
5. The act of removing an official by petition
   "The recall of the unpopular mayor was initiated by concerned citizens"

Derived forms: recalls, recalling, recalled

Type of: abrogation, annulment, asking, bugle call, call, cancel, center [US], centre [Brit, Cdn], cerebrate, cogitate, concentrate, denote, focus, memory, pore, pore over, refer, remembering, repeal, request, resemble, rivet, send for, strike down, take, think

Antonym: issue

Encyclopedia: Recall