Recall

Quick meaning: Recall is a verb meaning (transitive) To withdraw, retract (one's words etc.); to revoke (an order).

Meaning

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

More Meanings

1. (transitive) To call back, bring back, or summon (someone) to a specific place, station, etc.
2. (transitive, US politics) To remove an elected official through a petition and direct vote.
3. (transitive) To bring back (someone) to or from a particular mental or physical state, activity etc.
4. (transitive, intransitive) To call back (a situation, event, etc.) to one's mind; to remember; to recollect.
5. (transitive) To hearken back to, evoke; to be reminiscent of.
6. (transitive, intransitive) To call again; to call another time.
7. (transitive) To request or order the return of (a faulty product).

Example Sentences

She was recalled to London for the trial.

He was recalled to service after his retirement.

In fact, I hardly recall any occasion as a child when I was alone.

So many people have come and gone Their faces fade as the years go by Yet I still recall as I wander on As clear as the sun in the summer sky

Word Forms

• recalls
• recalling
• recalled
• recal
• re-call

Synonyms for recall

Depending on context, synonyms include withcall, abjure, backpedal, disavow, disown, recant.

Antonyms for recall

Common opposites include issue, block, supply, forget.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include withdraw, return, retrieve, recollect, remind, remember.

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