English dictionary

recall

/r/i/'k/A/l/

Definitions, examples, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.0.

noun

a request by the manufacturer of a defective product to return the product (as for replacement or repair)

noun.communication

Synonyms callback

Source: WordNet 3.0
a call to return

noun.communication

Examples
The recall of our ambassador.

Source: WordNet 3.0
a bugle call that signals troops to return

noun.communication

Source: WordNet 3.0
the process of remembering (especially the process of recovering information by mental effort)

noun.cognition

Examples
He has total recall of the episode.

Synonyms recollection reminiscence

Source: WordNet 3.0
the act of removing an official by petition

noun.act

Source: WordNet 3.0
A calling back; a revocation.

noun

Source: webster1913
The right or procedure by which a public official, commonly a legislative or executive official, may be removed from office, before the end of his term of office, by a vote of the people to be taken on the filing of a petition signed by a required number or percentage of qualified voters.

noun

Source: webster1913

recall knowledge from memory; have a recollection

verb.cognition

Synonyms call back call up recollect remember retrieve think

Antonyms blank out block draw a blank forget

Source: WordNet 3.0
go back to something earlier

verb.communication

Synonyms come back hark back return

Source: WordNet 3.0
call to mind

verb.stative

Synonyms echo evoke paint a picture suggest

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summon to return

verb.communication

Examples
The ambassador was recalled to his country.

Synonyms call back

Source: WordNet 3.0
cause one's (or someone else's) thoughts or attention to return from a reverie or digression

verb.cognition

Examples
She was recalled by a loud laugh.

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make unavailable; bar from sale or distribution

verb.social

Examples
The company recalled the product when it was found to be faulty.

Antonyms issue supply

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cause to be returned

verb.possession

Examples
Recall the defective auto tires.

Synonyms call back call in withdraw

Source: WordNet 3.0
To call back; to summon to return; as, to <i>recall</i> troops; to <i>recall</i> an ambassador.

verb

Source: webster1913