Recall

//ɹɪˈkɔːl// noun, verb

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The action or fact of calling someone or something back.; Request of the return of a faulty product. countable, uncountable

    "recall campaign"

  2. 2
    the act of removing an official by petition wordnet
  3. 3
    The action or fact of calling someone or something back.; The right or procedure by which a public official may be removed from office before the end of their term of office, by a vote of the people to be taken on the filing of a petition signed by a required number or percentage of qualified voters. US, countable, uncountable

    "recall petition"

  4. 4
    the process of remembering (especially the process of recovering information by mental effort) wordnet
  5. 5
    The action or fact of calling someone or something back.; The right or procedure by which the decision of a court may be directly reversed or annulled by popular vote, as was advocated, in 1912, in the platform of the Progressive Party for certain cases involving the police power of the state. US, countable, uncountable
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  1. 6
    a bugle call that signals troops to return wordnet
  2. 7
    Memory; the ability to remember. countable, uncountable

    "One little-known incident in No. 49's life is worth recall."

  3. 8
    a call to return wordnet
  4. 9
    The fraction of (all) relevant material that is returned by a search. countable, uncountable

    "precision and recall"

  5. 10
    a request by the manufacturer of a defective product to return the product (as for replacement or repair) wordnet
Verb
  1. 1
    To withdraw, retract (one's words etc.); to revoke (an order). transitive
  2. 2
    recall knowledge from memory; have a recollection wordnet
  3. 3
    To call back, bring back, or summon (someone) to a specific place, station, etc. transitive

    "He was recalled to service after his retirement."

  4. 4
    cause one's (or someone else's) thoughts or attention to return from a reverie or digression wordnet
  5. 5
    To remove an elected official through a petition and direct vote. US, transitive

    "That stop-start-stop has created a groundswell of anger toward Mr. Newsom, a Democrat in the third year of his first term, that is increasingly fueling a movement to recall him from office in one of the bluest of blue states."

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  1. 6
    summon to return wordnet
  2. 7
    To bring back (someone) to or from a particular mental or physical state, activity etc. transitive
  3. 8
    go back to something earlier wordnet
  4. 9
    To call back (a situation, event, etc.) to one's mind; to remember; to recollect. intransitive, transitive

    "Nevertheless, there were many passengers on the recent special trains to whom the immaculate little 80-year-old "Terrier," No. 32636, formerly Fenchurch, and its two L.B.S.C.R. coaches, recalled nostalgic memories of the old days on the line, when the trains were always spick and span; and days when the Kemp Town branch train was packed to capacity."

  5. 10
    cause to be returned wordnet
  6. 11
    To hearken back to, evoke; to be reminiscent of. transitive

    ""The twinkling of the dancers' feet" comes to us in the Odyssey as a memory from that palace of Alkinoos, whose wonders recall to us so much that we have found in Crete."

  7. 12
    make unavailable; bar from sale or distribution wordnet
  8. 13
    To call again; to call another time. intransitive, transitive
  9. 14
    bring to mind wordnet
  10. 15
    To request or order the return of (a faulty product). transitive

    "On Feb. 26, the FDA posted a voluntary recall from Brassica Pharma, which is recalling several eye ointments with expiration dates ranging from February 2024 to September 2025."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From re- + call, probably modelled on Latin revocāre, French rappeler, English withcall.

Etymology 2

From re- + call, probably modelled on Latin revocāre, French rappeler, English withcall.

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