Recall Very Common

Recall has 15 different meanings across 2 categories:

Definitions

Noun

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

"After discovering that their new blenders caused several kitchen fires, the company issued an immediate recall for all units sold in 2023."

recall callback

a call to return

"the recall of our ambassador"

recall

a bugle call that signals troops to return

"The regiment stood at attention as they heard the sharp recall from the bugle signaling them back to camp."

recall

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

"he has total recall of the episode"

recall recollection reminiscence

the act of removing an official by petition

"The community successfully recalled the mayor after he repeatedly ignored their concerns about the school budget."

recall

The action or fact of calling someone or something back.

"The manager had to recall the entire sales team from their regional trips for an urgent meeting at headquarters."

Request of the return of a faulty product.

"The manufacturer issued an emergency recall for all batches of the recalled baby formula due to potential contamination risks."

In plain English: A recall is when you remember something that happened in the past.

"The sudden smell of burning rubber caused an unpleasant recall of his childhood summers in the country."

Usage: As a noun, recall refers to either an official request by authorities to stop selling defective products or the act of summoning people back from a distant location. Use this term for formal safety withdrawals rather than casual instances where you simply ask someone to come inside.

Verb

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"

remember retrieve recall call back call up recollect think

go back to something earlier

"This harks back to a previous remark of his"

hark back return come back recall

call to mind

"His words echoed John F. Kennedy"

echo recall

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"

recall call back

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

"She was recalled by a loud laugh"

recall

make unavailable; bar from sale or distribution

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

recall

cause to be returned

"recall the defective auto tires"

"The manufacturer tried to call back the spoilt yoghurt"

recall call in call back withdraw

To withdraw, retract (one's words etc.); to revoke (an order).

"The CEO was forced to recall her controversial statement after it caused widespread outrage among employees."

In plain English: To recall something means to remember it again after you had forgotten it.

"I cannot recall his name for the life of me."

Example Sentences

"The sudden smell of burning rubber caused an unpleasant recall of his childhood summers in the country." noun

"The old photograph triggered a vivid recall of our summer vacation by the lake." noun

"She had such a strange mental recall that she remembered every detail from ten years ago." noun

"His poor memory meant he lacked any clear recall of what happened during the meeting." noun

"I cannot recall his name for the life of me." verb

Origin

The word recall combines the prefix re- meaning "again" with call, likely modeled after similar words in Latin and French. It entered English to describe the act of summoning someone back or remembering something from the past.

Rhyming Words

all nall pall gall hall sall dall wall call ball yall tall fall rall phall udall spall gwall y all reall

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