1. recall(n = noun.communication) callback - a request by the manufacturer of a defective product to return the product (as for replacement or repair); Array
is a kind of asking, request
Derived forms verb recall7, verb recall6
2. recall(n = noun.communication) Array - a call to return; "the recall of our ambassador"
is a kind of call
3. recall(n = noun.communication) Array - a bugle call that signals troops to return; Array
is a kind of bugle call
4. recall(n = noun.cognition) recollection, reminiscence - the process of remembering (especially the process of recovering information by mental effort); "he has total recall of the episode"
is a kind of memory, remembering
has particulars: mind, reconstruction, reconstructive memory, reproduction, reproductive memory, regurgitation
Derived form verb recall1
5. recall(n = noun.act) Array - the act of removing an official by petition; Array
is a kind of abrogation, annulment, repeal
Derived form verb recall4
1. recall(v = verb.cognition) call back, call up, recollect, remember, retrieve, think - 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"
Derived form noun recall4
Sample sentences:
They won't recall the story
2. recall(v = verb.communication) come back, hark back, return - go back to something earlier; "This harks back to a previous remark of his"
is one way to denote, refer
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s PP
3. recall(v = verb.stative) echo - call to mind; "His words echoed John F. Kennedy"
is one way to resemble
Sample sentences:
Something ----s somebody; Something ----s something
4. recall(v = verb.communication) call back - 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"
is one way to call, send for
Derived form noun recall5
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s somebody
5. recall(v = verb.cognition) Array - cause one's (or someone else's) thoughts or attention to return from a reverie or digression; "She was recalled by a loud laugh"
is one way to center, centre, concentrate, focus, pore, rivet
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody
6. recall(v = verb.social) Array - make unavailable; bar from sale or distribution; "The company recalled the product when it was found to be faulty"
is one way to cancel, strike down
Antonym: issue
Derived form noun recall1
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
7. recall(v = verb.possession) call back, call in, withdraw - cause to be returned; "recall the defective auto tires"; "The manufacturer tried to call back the spoilt yoghurt"
is one way to take
Derived form noun recall1
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
1. To call back; to summon to return; as, to recall troops; to recall an ambassador. [1913 Webster]
"If Henry were recalled to life again."
2. To revoke; to annul by a subsequent act; to take back; to withdraw; as, to recall words, or a decree. [1913 Webster]
"Passed sentence may not be recall'd." [1913 Webster]
3. To call back to mind; to revive in memory; to recollect; to remember; as, to recall bygone days. [1913 Webster]
1. A calling back; a revocation. [1913 Webster]
"'T is done, and since 't is done, 't is past recall." [1913 Webster]
2. A call on the trumpet, bugle, or drum, by which soldiers are recalled from duty, labor, etc. Wilhelm. [1913 Webster]
3. The right or procedure by which a public official, commonly a legislative or executive official, may be removed from office, before the end of his 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. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
recall, v. & n.
--v.tr.
1 summon to return from a place or from a different occupation, inattention, a digression, etc.
2 recollect, remember.
3 bring back to memory; serve as a reminder of.
4 revoke or annul (an action or decision).
5 cancel or suspend the appointment of (an official sent overseas etc.).
6 revive, resuscitate.
7 take back (a gift).
--n. also 1 the act or an instance of recalling, esp. a summons to come back.
2 the act of remembering.
3 the ability to remember.
4 the possibility of recalling, esp. in the sense of revoking (beyond recall).
5 US removal of an elected official from office.
Derivative:
recallable adj.
VB change one's mind, change one's intention, change one's purpose, change one's note, abjure, renounce, withdraw from, waver, vacillate, wheel round, turn round, veer round, turn a pirouette, go over from one side to another, pass from one side to another, change from one side to another, skip from one side to another, go to the rightabout, box the compass, shift one's ground, go upon another tack, apostatize, change sides, go over, rat, recant, retract, revoke, rescind, recall, forswear, unsay, come over, come round to an opinion, crawfish, crawl, draw in one's horns, eat one's words, eat the leek, swallow the leek, swerve, flinch, back out of, retrace one's steps, think better of it, come back return to one's first love, turn over a new leaf, trim, shuffle, play fast and loose, blow hot and cold, coquet, be on the fence, straddle, bold with the hare but run with the hounds, nager entre deux eaux, wait to see how the cat jumps, wait to see how the wind blows.
N politics, political science, candidacy, campaign, campaigning, electioneering, partisanship, ideology, factionalism, election, poll, ballot, vote, referendum, recall, initiative, voice, suffrage, plumper, cumulative vote, plebiscitum, plebiscite, vox populi, electioneering, voting, elective franchise, straight ticket, opinion poll, popularity poll, issue, opinion, stand, position, program, platform, party line, democracy, republicanism, communism, statism, state socialism, socialism, conservatism, toryism, liberalism, whigism, theocracy, constitutional monarchy, party, Democratic Party, Republican Party, Socialist Party, Communist Party, Federalist Party, Bull Moose Party, Abolitionist Party, Christian Democratic Party, Social Democratic Party, National Socialist Worker's Party, Nazi Party, Liberal Party, Labor Party, Conservative Party, ticket, slate, politician activist, candidate, aspirant, hopeful, office-seeker, front- runner, dark horse, long shot, shoo-in, supporter, backer, political worker, campaign worker, lobbyist, contributor, party hack, ward heeler, regional candidate, favorite son, running mate, stalking horse, perpetual candidate, political animal, political contribution, campaign contribution, political action committee, PAC, political district, electoral division, electoral district, bailiwick, electorate, constituents, get-out-the-vote campaign, political education, negative campaigning, dirty politics, smear campaign, also-ran, loser, has-been, office holder, official, occupant of a position, public servant, incumbent, winner, political, partisan, Money is the mother's milk of politics.
VB abrogate, annul, cancel, destroy, abolish, revoke, repeal, rescind, reverse, retract, recall, abolitionize, overrule, override, set aside, disannul, dissolve, quash, nullify, declare null and void, disestablish, disendow, deconsecrate, disclaim, ignore, repudiate, recant, divest oneself, break off, countermand, counter order, do away with, sweep away, brush away, throw overboard, throw to the dogs, scatter to the winds, cast behind, dismiss, discard, cast off, turn off, cast out, cast adrift, cast out of doors, cast aside, cast away, send off, send away, send packing, send about one's business, discharge, get rid of, bounce, fire, fire out, sack, cashier, break, oust, unseat, unsaddle, unthrone, dethrone, disenthrone, depose, uncrown, unfrock, strike off the roll, disbar, disbench, be abrogated, receive its quietus, walk the plank.
VB identify, recognize, match, match up, classify, recall, remember, find similarity (similarity), put in its proper place, put in its proper niche, place in order (arrangement).
VB remember, mind, retain the memory of, retain the remembrance of, keep in view, recognize, recollect, bethink oneself, recall, call up, retrace, look back, trace back, trace backwards, think back, look back upon, review, call upon, recall upon, bring to mind, bring to remembrance, carry one's thoughts back, rake up the past, have in the thoughts, hold in the thoughts, bear in the thoughts, carry in the thoughts, keep in the thoughts, retain in the thoughts, have in the memory, hold in the memory, bear in the memory, carry in the memory, keep in the memory, retain in the memory, have in the mind, hold in the mind, bear in the mind, carry in the mind, keep in the mind, retain in the mind, hold in remembrance, be in one's thoughts, live in one's thoughts, remain in one's thoughts, dwell in one's thoughts, haunt one's thoughts, impress one's thoughts, be in one's mind, live in one's mind, remain in one's mind, dwell in one's mind, haunt one's mind, impress one's mind, dwell in one's memory, sink in the mind, run in the head, not be able to get out of one's head, be deeply impressed with, rankle, recur to the mind, flash on the mind, flash across the memory, remind, suggest, prompt, put in mind, keep in mind, bring to mind, fan the embers, call up, summon up, rip up, renew, infandum renovare dolorem, jog the memory, flap the memory, refresh the memory, rub up the memory, awaken the memory, pull by the sleeve, bring back to the memory, put in remembrance, memorialize, task the memory, tax the memory, get at one's fingers' ends, have at one's fingers', learn at one's fingers', know one's lesson, say one's lesson, repeat by heart, repeat by rote, say one's lesson, repeat, repeat as a parrot, have at one's fingers' ends, have at one's finger tips, commit to memory, memorize, con over, con, fix in the memory, rivet in the memory, imprint in the memory, impress in the memory, stamp in the memory, grave in the memory, engrave in the memory, store in the memory, treasure up in the memory, bottle up in the memory, embalm in the memory, enshrine in the memory, load the memory with, store the memory with, stuff the memory with, burden the memory with, redeem from oblivion, keep the memory alive, keep the wound green, pour salt in the wound, reopen old wounds', tangere ulcus, keep up the memory of, commemorate, make a note of, jot a note, pen a memorandum.