recall
Nouns
- (n) a request by the manufacturer of a defective product to return the product (as for replacement or repair) callback,
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(n) a call to return
- the recall of our ambassador
- (n) a bugle call that signals troops to return
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(n) the process of remembering (especially the process of recovering information by mental effort)
- he has total recall of the episode
- (n) the act of removing an official by petition
Verbs
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(v) 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
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(v) go back to something earlier
- This harks back to a previous remark of his
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(v) call to mind
- His words echoed John F. Kennedy
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(v) 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
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(v) cause one's (or someone else's) thoughts or attention to return from a reverie or digression
- She was recalled by a loud laugh
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(v) make unavailable; bar from sale or distribution
- The company recalled the product when it was found to be faulty
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(v) cause to be returned
- recall the defective auto tires
- The manufacturer tried to call back the spoilt yoghurt