RECALL
Scrabble letter values: R1E1C3A1L1L1 = 8
Definition
- noun a request by the manufacturer of a defective product to return the product (as for replacement or repair). — synonyms: callback
- noun a call to return.
- noun a bugle call that signals troops to return.
- noun the process of remembering (especially the process of recovering information by mental effort). — synonyms: recollection, reminiscence
- noun the act of removing an official by petition.
- verb recall knowledge from memory. — synonyms: remember, retrieve, call_back, call_up, recollect, think
- verb go back to something earlier. — synonyms: hark_back, return, come_back
- verb call to mind. — synonyms: echo
- verb summon to return. — synonyms: call_back
- verb cause one's (or someone else's) thoughts or attention to return from a reverie or digression.
- verb make unavailable.
- verb cause to be returned. — synonyms: call_in, call_back, withdraw
Examples
- “the recall of our ambassador”
- “he has total recall of the episode”
- “have a recollection”