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Noun recall has 5 senses

recall, callback - a request by the manufacturer of a defective product to return the product (as for replacement or repair)
--₁ is a kind of request, asking

Derived forms: verb recall₆, verb recall₇
recall - a call to return; "the recall of our ambassador"
--₂ is a kind of call
recall - a bugle call that signals troops to return
--₃ is a kind of bugle call
recall, recollection, reminiscence - the process of remembering (especially the process of recovering information by mental effort); "he has total recall of the episode"
--₄ is a kind of memory, remembering
--₄ has particulars:
mind; reconstruction, reconstructive memory; reproduction, reproductive memory; regurgitation

Derived form: verb recall₁
recall - the act of removing an official by petition
--₅ is a kind of abrogation, repeal, annulment

Derived form: verb recall₄

Verb recall has 7 senses

remember, retrieve, recall, call back, call up, recollect, 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 sentence:
They won't recall the story
hark back, return, come back, recall - go back to something earlier; "This harks back to a previous remark of his"
--₂ is one way to denote, refer
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s PP
echo, recall - call to mind; "His words echoed John F. Kennedy"
--₃ is one way to resemble
Sample sentences:
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
recall, 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"
--₄ is one way to call, send for

Derived form: noun recall₅
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s somebody
recall - cause one's (or someone else's) thoughts or attention to return from a reverie or digression; "She was recalled by a loud laugh"
--₅ is one way to concentrate, focus, center, centre, pore, rivet
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
recall - make unavailable; bar from sale or distribution; "The company recalled the product when it was found to be faulty"
--₆ is one way to cancel, strike down
Antonyms: issue, supply

Derived form: noun recall₁
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
recall, call in, call back, withdraw - cause to be returned; "recall the defective auto tires"; "The manufacturer tried to call back the spoilt yoghurt"
--₇ is one way to take

Derived form: noun recall₁
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something