recall

1. 1.

   a request by the manufacturer of a defective product to return the product (as for replacement or repair)

   Synonymscallback

   Broaderrequest
2. 2.

   a call to return

   “the recall of our ambassador”

   Broadercall
3. 3.

   a bugle call that signals troops to return

   Broaderbugle call
4. 4.

   the process of remembering (especially the process of recovering information by mental effort)

   “he has total recall of the episode”

   Synonymsrecollectionreminiscence

   Broadermemory

   Narrowermindreconstructionreproductionregurgitation
5. 5.

   the act of removing an official by petition

   Broaderabrogation

   United States

Other forms of recall

plural

recalls·

past tense

recalled·

present participle

recalling·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about recall

What does recall mean?

recall means "recall knowledge from memory; have a recollection". That is the primary sense; the word has 12 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in recall?

recall has 2 syllables: re-call. The stress falls on "re". In IPA it is /ˈɹiˌkɔl/.

What is another word for recall?

Close synonyms include remember, retrieve, call back, call up, recollect. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

What is the opposite of recall?

The recorded antonyms are issue.

Is recall a common word?

recall is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with recall?

3 words rhyme with recall. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.