RECALL
Definition:
- [noun] a request by the manufacturer of a defective product to return the product (as for replacement or repair)
Synonyms: callback
- [noun] a call to return; "the recall of our ambassador"
- [noun] a bugle call that signals troops to return
- [noun] the process of remembering (especially the process of recovering information by mental effort); "he has total recall of the episode"
Synonyms: recollection, reminiscence
- [noun] the act of removing an official by petition
- [verb] 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: remember, retrieve, call back, call up, recollect, think
- [verb] go back to something earlier; "This harks back to a previous remark of his"
Synonyms: hark back, return, come back
- [verb] call to mind; "His words echoed John F. Kennedy"
Synonyms: echo
- [verb] 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
- [verb] cause one's (or someone else's) thoughts or attention to return from a reverie or digression; "She was recalled by a loud laugh"
- [verb] make unavailable; bar from sale or distribution; "The company recalled the product when it was found to be faulty"
- [verb] cause to be returned; "recall the defective auto tires"; "The manufacturer tried to call back the spoilt yoghurt"
Synonyms: call in, call back, withdraw
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