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Meaning of recall

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  recall
      n 1: a request by the manufacturer of a defective product to
           return the product (as for replacement or repair) [syn:
           {recall}, {callback}]
      2: a call to return; "the recall of our ambassador"
      3: a bugle call that signals troops to return
      4: the process of remembering (especially the process of
         recovering information by mental effort); "he has total
         recall of the episode" [syn: {recall}, {recollection},
         {reminiscence}]
      5: the act of removing an official by petition
      v 1: recall knowledge from memory; have a recollection; "I can't
           remember saying any such thing"; "I can't think what her
           last name was"; "can you remember her phone number?"; "Do
           you remember that he once loved you?"; "call up memories"
           [syn: {remember}, {retrieve}, {recall}, {call back}, {call
           up}, {recollect}, {think}] [ant: {blank out}, {block},
           {draw a blank}, {forget}]
      2: go back to something earlier; "This harks back to a previous
         remark of his" [syn: {hark back}, {return}, {come back},
         {recall}]
      3: call to mind; "His words echoed John F. Kennedy" [syn:
         {echo}, {recall}]
      4: summon to return; "The ambassador was recalled to his
         country"; "The company called back many of the workers it had
         laid off during the recession" [syn: {recall}, {call back}]
      5: cause one's (or someone else's) thoughts or attention to
         return from a reverie or digression; "She was recalled by a
         loud laugh"
      6: make unavailable; bar from sale or distribution; "The company
         recalled the product when it was found to be faulty" [ant:
         {issue}, {supply}]
      7: cause to be returned; "recall the defective auto tires"; "The
         manufacturer tried to call back the spoilt yoghurt" [syn:
         {recall}, {call in}, {call back}, {withdraw}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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