Recall
Pronunciation
- IPA: /rɪˈkÉ”Ël/
Full definition of recall
Verb
- (transitive) To withdraw, retract (one's words etc.); to revoke (an order). from 16th c.
- (transitive) To call back, bring back or summon (someone) to a specific place, station etc. from 16th c.He was recalled to service after his retirement.She was recalled to London for the trial.
- 2011, October 29, Phil McNulty, Chelsea 3 - 5 Arsenal, Fernando Torres was recalled in place of the suspended Didier Drogba and he was only denied a goal in the opening seconds by Laurent Koscielny's intervention - a moment that set the tone for game filled with attacking quality and littered with errors.
- (transitive) To bring back (someone) to or from a particular mental or physical state, activity etc. from 16th c.
- (transitive) To call back (a situation, event etc.) to one's mind; to remember, recollect. from 16th c.
- 1994, Nelson Mandela, Long Walk to Freedom, Abacus 2010, p. 10:In fact, I hardly recall any occasion as a child when I was alone.
- (transitive, intransitive) To call again, to call another time. from 17th c.
- (transitive) To request or order the return of (a faulty product). from 20th c.