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

[ Syn: callback ]

a call to return; the recall of our ambassador'

a bugle call that signals troops to return

the process of remembering (especially the process of recovering information by mental effort); he has total recall of the episode

[ Syn: recollection , reminiscence ]

the act of removing an official by petition

recall knowledge from memory; have a recollection; I cant remember saying any such thing; I cant think what her last name was; can you remember her phone number?; Do you remember that he once loved you?; call up memories

[ Syn: remember , retrieve , call back , call up , recollect , think ]

go back to something earlier; This harks back to a previous remark of his

[ Syn: hark back , return , come back ]

call to mind; His words echoed John F. Kennedy

[ Syn: echo ]

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

[ Syn: call back ]

cause one's (or someone else's) thoughts or attention to return from a reverie or digression; She was recalled by a loud laugh'

make unavailable; bar from sale or distribution; The company recalled the product when it was found to be faulty'

cause to be returned; recall the defective auto tires; The manufacturer tried to call back the spoilt yoghurt

[ Syn: call in , call back , withdraw ]