Recall - Definition

n 1: a request by the manufacturer of a defective product to
return the product (as for replacement or repair) [syn:
recall, callback]
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" [syn: recall, recollection,
reminiscence]
5: the act of removing an official by petition
v 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"
[syn: remember, retrieve, recall, call back, call
up, recollect, think] [ant: blank out, block,
draw a blank, forget]
2: go back to something earlier; "This harks back to a previous
remark of his" [syn: hark back, return, come back,
recall]
3: call to mind; "His words echoed John F. Kennedy" [syn:
echo, recall]
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" [syn: recall, call back]
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" [ant:
issue, supply]
7: cause to be returned; "recall the defective auto tires"; "The
manufacturer tried to call back the spoilt yoghurt" [syn:
recall, call in, call back, withdraw]