Meaning & Definition of Recall in English

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

2. A call to return

• "The recall of our ambassador"

3. A bugle call that signals troops to return

4. The process of remembering (especially the process of recovering information by mental effort)

• "He has total recall of the episode"

5. The act of removing an official by petition

1. 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"

2. Go back to something earlier

• "This harks back to a previous remark of his"

3. Call to mind

• "His words echoed john f. kennedy"

4. 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"

5. Cause one's (or someone else's) thoughts or attention to return from a reverie or digression

• "She was recalled by a loud laugh"

6. Make unavailable

• Bar from sale or distribution

• "The company recalled the product when it was found to be faulty"

7. Cause to be returned

• "Recall the defective auto tires"

• "The manufacturer tried to call back the spoilt yoghurt"