Recall Definition

rĭ-kôl
recalled, recalls
verb
recalled, recalls
To call back; ask or order to return; specif., to ask purchasers to return (an imperfect or dangerous product), often so that a manufacturing defect can be corrected.
Webster's New World
To remember; recollect.
I don't recall her name.
American Heritage
To be reminiscent of; seem similar to.
A movie that recalls the screwball comedies of the 1940s.
American Heritage
To take back; cancel; annul; revoke; withdraw.
Webster's New World
To bring back to mind; remember.
Webster's New World
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noun
recalls
The act of recalling or summoning back, especially an official order to return.
The recall of the ambassador.
American Heritage
The act of recalling.
Webster's New World
A signal, as on a bugle or drum, calling soldiers back to camp or ranks.
Webster's New World
The ability to remember; memory.
Webster's New World
The process of removing, or right to remove, an official from office by popular vote, usually after using petitions to call for such a vote.
Webster's New World
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Other Word Forms of Recall

Noun

Singular:
recall
Plural:
recalls

Origin of Recall

  • From re- +"Ž call, probably modelled on Latin revocare, French rappeler, English withcall.

    From Wiktionary

  • re- +"Ž call, with hyphen to avoid confusion with recall (“remember").

    From Wiktionary

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