recall

1.

/ˈriˌkɔl/

bring to mind

2.

/ˈrikɔl/

the process of remembering

Other forms: recalled; recalls; recalling

When you recall something, you remember it, like telling your friend, "As I recall, you said you'd buy my lunch the next time we got together."

The verb recall means "remember," like an older person who recalls her school days, or "call to mind," like a painter's use of colors and shapes that recall early Pablo Picasso. Recall can also be a noun — you may know someone who has great recall, or memory, of events that everyone else has forgotten. If an automaker issues a recall on your car, this is a request to temporarily "take it back" to fix something. Don't forget about this kind of recall!

Definitions of recall (/ˈriˌkɔl/)

1. verb

   call to mind
   synonyms: echo

   type of:

   resemble

   appear like; be similar or bear a likeness to
2. verb

   cause one's (or someone else's) thoughts or attention to return from a reverie or digression
   “She was recalled by a loud laugh”

   type of:

   center, centre, concentrate, focus, pore, rivet

   direct one's attention on something
3. verb

   recall knowledge from memory; have a recollection
   synonyms: call back, call up, recollect, remember, retrieve, think

   types:

   know

   perceive as familiar

   recognise, recognize

   perceive to be the same

   brush up, refresh, review

   refresh one's memory

   identify

   consider to be equal or the same
4. verb

   go back to something earlier
   synonyms: come back, hark back, return, rewind

   types:

   go back, recur

   return in thought or speech to something

   type of:

   denote, refer

   have as a meaning
5. verb

   summon to return
   “The ambassador was recalled to his country”

   synonyms: call back

   type of:

   call, send for

   order, request, or command to come
6. verb

   cause to be returned
   “recall the defective auto tires”

   synonyms: call back, call in, withdraw

   types:

   decommission

   withdraw from active service

   type of:

   take

   take into one's possession
7. verb

   make unavailable; bar from sale or distribution
   “The company recalled the product when it was found to be faulty”

   antonyms:

   issue

   circulate or distribute or equip with

   types:

   retire

   withdraw from circulation or from the market, as of bills, shares, and bonds

   type of:

   cancel, strike down

   declare null and void; make ineffective