Dictionary entries for 'recall'

Synonyms

re·call (rĭ-kôĺ)

transitive verb: -called, -call·ing, -calls.

To ask or order to return: recalled all workers who had been laid off.
To summon back to awareness of or concern with the subject or situation at hand.
To remember; recollect. See synonyms at remember
To cancel, take back, or revoke.
To bring back; restore.
To request return (of a product) to the manufacturer, as for necessary repairs or adjustments.

The act of recalling or summoning back, especially an official order to return.
A signal, such as a bugle call, used to summon troops back to their posts.
The ability to remember information or experiences.
The act of revoking.
1. The procedure by which a public official may be removed from office by popular vote.
2. The right to employ this procedure.
A request by the manufacturer of a product that has been identified as defective to return it, as for necessary repairs or adjustments.