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