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re⋅call

  [v. ri-kawl; n. ri-kawl, ree-kawl for 7–9, 12, 13; ree-kawl for 10, 11]
Use recall in a Sentence
–verb (used with object)
1. to bring back from memory; recollect; remember: Can you recall what she said?
2. to call back; summon to return: The army recalled many veterans.
3. to bring (one's thoughts, attention, etc.) back to matters previously considered: He recalled his mind from pleasant daydreams to the dull task at hand.
4. International Law. to summon back and withdraw the office from (a diplomat).
5. to revoke or withdraw: to recall a promise.
6. to revive.
–noun
7. an act of recalling.
8. recollection; remembrance.
9. the act or possibility of revoking something.
10. the removal or the right of removal of a public official from office by a vote of the people taken upon petition of a specified number of the qualified electors.
11. Also called callback. a summons by a manufacturer or other agency for the return of goods or a product already shipped to market or sold to consumers but discovered to be defective, contaminated, unsafe, or the like.
12. a signal made by a vessel to recall one of its boats.
13. a signal displayed to direct a racing yacht to sail across the starting line again.
Origin:
1575–85; re- + call

Related forms:
re⋅call⋅a⋅ble, adjective

Synonyms:
1. See remember. 5. rescind, retract, recant, repeal; annul. 7. memory. 9. revocation, retraction, repeal, withdrawal, recantation; nullification.

Antonyms:
1. forget.
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re·call   (rĭ-kôl')   
tr.v.   re·called, re·call·ing, re·calls

  1. To ask or order to return: recalled all workers who had been laid off.

  2. To summon back to awareness of or concern with the subject or situation at hand.

  3. To remember; recollect. See Synonyms at remember.

  4. To cancel, take back, or revoke.

  5. To bring back; restore.

  6. To request return (of a product) to the manufacturer, as for necessary repairs or adjustments.

n.   also (rē'kôl')

  1. The act of recalling or summoning back, especially an official order to return.

  2. A signal, such as a bugle call, used to summon troops back to their posts.

  3. The ability to remember information or experiences.

  4. 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.

  6. A request by the manufacturer of a product that has been identified as defective to return it, as for necessary repairs or adjustments.

re·call'a·ble adj.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Legal Dictionary

Main Entry: re·call
Pronunciation: ri-'kol, 'rE-"kol
Function: noun
1 : a call to return recall of workers>
2 : the right or procedure by which an official may be removed by vote of the people recall petition>
3 : the act of revoking
4 : a public call by a manufacturer for the return of a defective or esp. unsafe product —re·call /ri-'kol/ transitive verb
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: re·call
Pronunciation: ri-'kol, 'rE-"
Function: noun
: remembrance of what has been previously learned or experienced —re·call /ri-'kol/ transitive verb
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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Medical Dictionary

recall re·call (rĭ-kôl')
v. re·called, re·call·ing, re·calls
To remember; recollect. n. (rē'kôl')
The ability to remember information or experiences.

The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary
Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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Idioms & Phrases

recall

see beyond recall.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
Copyright © 1997. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
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