1. Verb
To call back; to summon to return; as, to recall troops; to recall an ambassador.
2. Verb
To revoke; to annul by a subsequent act; to take back; to withdraw; as, to recall words, or a decree.
3. Verb
To call back to mind; to revive in memory; to recollect; to remember; as, to recall bygone days.
4. Noun
A calling back; a revocation.
5. Noun
A call on the trumpet, bugle, or drum, by which soldiers are recalled from duty, labor, etc.
6. Noun
the act of removing an official by petition
Vocabulary classified under Law
7. Noun
the process of remembering (especially the process of recovering information by mental effort); "he has total recall of the episode"
Vocabulary classified under Psychology
8. Noun
a call to return; "the recall of our ambassador"
Vocabulary classified under Linguistics
9. Noun
a request by the manufacturer of a defective product to return the product (as for replacement or repair)
Vocabulary classified under Linguistics
10. Verb
cause one's (or someone else's) thoughts or attention to return from a reverie or digression; "She was recalled by a loud laugh"
Vocabulary classified under Research methods
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