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Definition of "recall" []

  • To ask or order to return: recalled all workers who had been laid off. (verb-transitive)
  • To summon back to awareness of or concern with the subject or situation at hand. (verb-transitive)
  • To remember; recollect. See Synonyms at remember. (verb-transitive)
  • To cancel, take back, or revoke. (verb-transitive)
  • To bring back; restore. (verb-transitive)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "recall" in a sentence
  • "* Scroll down for the latest egg recall list and numbers affected by the Wright County Egg recall*"
  • "* Scroll down for the latest egg recall list and numbers affected by the Wright County Egg recall* 380 million eggs coming from Wright County Egg ..."
  • "I-- using the term recall, I asked them if they wanted the bone back, which I knew wasn't really an option as it's grafted into my other neck bones, but ..."