recall

n 1: the ability to recall past occurrences [syn: {remembrance},

{recollection}, {anamnesis}]

2: 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}, {call back}, {call

up}, {recollect}, {remind}, {think}] [ant: {forget}]

2: go back to something earlier; "This harks back to a

previous remark of his" [syn: {hark back}, {return}, {come

back}]

3: call to mind: "His words echoed John F. Kennedy" [syn: {echo}]

4: summon to return; "The ambassador was recalled to his

country"

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}]

7: call back (of faulty goods) [syn: {call in}, {call back}, {withdraw}]