recall

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   the process of remembering, especially the process of recovering information by mental effort

   I have total recall of the episode.

2. 2
   noun

   a call to return

   the recall of our ambassador

3. 3
   verb

   cause one's, or someone else's, thoughts or attention to return from a reverie or digression

   I was recalled by a loud laugh.

4. 4
   verb

   summon to return

   The ambassador was recalled to their country.

5. 5
   verb

   cause to be returned

   recall the defective auto tires

6. 6
   verb

   To call back, bring back, or summon (someone) to a specific place, station, etc.

   He was recalled to service after his retirement.

7. 7
   verb

   To remove an elected official through a petition and direct vote.

   That stop-start-stop has created a groundswell of anger toward Mr. Newsom, a Democrat in the third year of his first term, that is increasingly fueling a movement to recall him from office in one of the bluest of blue states.

8. 8
   verb

   To call back (a situation, event, etc.) to one's mind; to remember; to recollect.

   Nevertheless, there were many passengers on the recent special trains to whom the immaculate little 80-year-old "Terrier," No. 32636, formerly Fenchurch, and its two L.B.S.C.R. coaches, recalled nostalgic memories of the old days on the line, when the trains were always spick and span; and days when the Kemp Town branch train was packed to capacity.

Etymology

From re- + call, probably modelled on Latin revocāre, French rappeler, English withcall.