Definitions for recall

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recall re·call

Spelling: [verb ri-kawl; noun ri-kawl, Recall is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 8 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 11 points.

You can make 86 anagrams from letters in recall (acellr).

Definitions for recall

noun

1. an act of recalling.
2. recollection; remembrance.
3. the act or possibility of revoking something.
4. the removal or the right of removal of a public official from office by a vote of the people taken upon petition of a specified number of the qualified electors.
5. Also called callback. a summons by a manufacturer or other agency for the return of goods or a product already shipped to market or sold to consumers but discovered to be defective, contaminated, unsafe, or the like.
6. a signal made by a vessel to recall one of its boats.
7. a signal displayed to direct a racing yacht to sail across the starting line again.

verb (used with object)

1. to bring back from memory; recollect; remember:
2. to call back; summon to return:
3. to bring (one's thoughts, attention, etc.) back to matters previously considered:
4. International Law. to summon back and withdraw the office from (a diplomat).
5. to revoke or withdraw:
6. to revive.

Origin of recall

First recorded in 1575-85; re- + call

Examples for recall

I longed to be by myself that I might recall Ned's every look and word.

He sat down on the anvil with his heart beating, and began to recall the picture.

recall how Clinton returned to Arkansas from the campaign trail to preside over the execution of a mentally disabled man.

Humour he had in plenty; one has only to recall Acis and Galatea.

He liked to recall his films from the '20s and '30s, in which he put distinguished West End actors on the screen.

I do not recall what sort of aeroplane Mr. Hughes had at the time; however, it was quite comfortable, as I recall.

That action ignited protests that rocked Wisconsin and spurred a recall—only the second recall of a governor in U.S. history.

I cannot recall the precise amount, but it was not so much as what you call one dollar.

It took, as I recall, almost two days to fly from New York to Los Angeles.

He tried to recall some forgotten detail of the business that might serve to occupy him.