recall

re·call  (r-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 (rkôl)

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.

5.

a. The procedure by which a public official may be removed from office by popular vote.

b. 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.

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re·calla·ble adj.

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recall

Verb

1. to bring back to mind

2. to order to return

3. to annul or cancel

Noun

1. the ability to remember things

2. an order to return

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	recall - a request by the manufacturer of a defective product to return the product (as for replacement or repair) callback asking, request - the verbal act of requesting
	2.	recall - a call to return; "the recall of our ambassador" call - a request; "many calls for Christmas stories"; "not many calls for buggywhips"
	3.	recall - a bugle call that signals troops to return bugle call - a signal broadcast by the sound of a bugle
	4.	recall - the process of remembering (especially the process of recovering information by mental effort); "he has total recall of the episode" recollection, reminiscence remembering, memory - the cognitive processes whereby past experience is remembered; "he can do it from memory"; "he enjoyed remembering his father" mind - recall or remembrance; "it came to mind" reconstructive memory, reconstruction - recall that is hypothesized to work by storing abstract features which are then used to construct the memory during recall reproductive memory, reproduction - recall that is hypothesized to work by storing the original stimulus input and reproducing it during recall regurgitation - recall after rote memorization; "he complained that school was just memorization and regurgitation"
	5.	recall - the act of removing an official by petition abrogation, repeal, annulment - the act of abrogating; an official or legal cancellation U.S.A., United States, United States of America, US, USA, America, the States, U.S. - North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean; achieved independence in 1776
Verb	1.	recall - 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" recollect, remember, call back, call up, retrieve, think know - perceive as familiar; "I know this voice!" recognize, recognise - perceive to be the same brush up, refresh, review - refresh one's memory; "I reviewed the material before the test"
	2.	recall - go back to something earlier; "This harks back to a previous remark of his" hark back, come back, return denote, refer - have as a meaning; "`multi-' denotes `many' " go back, recur - return in thought or speech to something
	3.	recall - call to mind; "His words echoed John F. Kennedy" echo resemble - appear like; be similar or bear a likeness to; "She resembles her mother very much"; "This paper resembles my own work"
	4.	recall - 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" call back send for, call - order, request, or command to come; "She was called into the director's office"; "Call the police!"
	5.	recall - cause one's (or someone else's) thoughts or attention to return from a reverie or digression; "She was recalled by a loud laugh" focus, pore, rivet, center, centre, concentrate - direct one's attention on something; "Please focus on your studies and not on your hobbies"
	6.	recall - make unavailable; bar from sale or distribution; "The company recalled the product when it was found to be faulty" strike down, cancel - declare null and void; make ineffective; "Cancel the election results"; "strike down a law" retire - withdraw from circulation or from the market, as of bills, shares, and bonds issue, supply - circulate or distribute or equip with; "issue a new uniform to the children"; "supply blankets for the beds"
	7.	recall - cause to be returned; "recall the defective auto tires"; "The manufacturer tried to call back the spoilt yoghurt" call back, withdraw, call in take - take into one's possession; "We are taking an orphan from Romania"; "I'll take three salmon steaks" decommission - withdraw from active service; "The warship was decommissioned in 1998"

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recall

verb 1. recollect, remember, call up, evoke, reminisce about, call to mind, look or think back to, mind (dialect)

verb 2. call back,

verb 3. annul, withdraw, call in, take back, cancel, repeal, call back, revoke, retract, rescind, nullify, countermand, abjure

noun 4. recollection, memory, remembrance

noun 5. annulment, withdrawal, repeal, cancellation, retraction, revocation, nullification, rescission, rescindment

Translations

recall [rɪˈkɔːl] vt (= remember) → recordar [+ ambassador etc]; retirar;

(COMPUT) → volver a llamar

n → recuerdo

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recall vt [rɪˈkɔːl] → rappeler (= remember); se rappeler, se souvenir de

n [ˈriːkɔl] → rappel m (= ability to remember); mémoire f;

beyond recall adj → irrévocable

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recall [rɪˈkɔːl] vt (remember) → sich erinnern an +acc;

(ambassador) → abberufen;

(product) → zurückrufen

n (of memories) → Erinnerung f;

(of ambassador) → Abberufung f;

(of product) → Rückruf m;

beyond recall → unwiederbringlich

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recall [rɪˈkɔːl] vt (gen), (COMPUT) → richiamare (= remember); ricordare, richiamare alla mente

n → richiamo;

beyond recall → irrevocabile