recall
pronunciation
How to pronounce recall in British English:
UK [rɪˈkɔːl]
How to pronounce recall in American English:
US [rɪˈkɔːl]
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- Noun:
- a request by the manufacturer of a defective product to return the product (as for replacement or repair)
- a call to return
- a bugle call that signals troops to return
- the process of remembering (especially the process of recovering information by mental effort)
- the act of removing an official by petition
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- Verb:
- recall knowledge from memory; have a recollection
- go back to something earlier
- call to mind
- summon to return
- cause one's (or someone else's) thoughts or attention to return from a reverie or digression
- make unavailable; bar from sale or distribution
- cause to be returned
Word Origin
- recall (v.)
- 1580s, "to bring back by calling upon," from re- "back, again" + call (v.); in some cases a loan-translation of Middle French rappeler (see repeal (v.)) or Latin revocare (see revoke). Sense of "bring back to memory" is from 1610s. Related: Recalled; recalling.
- recall (n.)
- 1650s, "act of recalling to mind," from recall (v.). In U.S. politics, "removal of an elected official," 1902.
Example
- 1. Some lacked recall even when it was not suggested .
- 2. You 'll get an email for every recall .
- 3. Investors might recall the history of tobacco companies .
- 4. This association will help you recall vocabulary later .
- 5. Four state senators also face recall elections .