recall: meaning and definitions

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

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

To remember; recollect. See Synonyms at remember.

To cancel, take back, or revoke.

To bring back; restore.

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

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

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

The ability to remember information or experiences.

The act of revoking.

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

The right to employ this procedure.

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