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recall

/ɹɪˈkɔːl/ UK
/ɹɪˈkɔl/ US
/ɹiˈkɔl/ US
/ɹɪˈkɑl/ cot caught merger
[ɹɪˈkʰɑɫ] cot caught merger
/ɹiˈkɑl/ cot caught merger
[ɹiˈkʰɑɫ] cot caught merger
/ˈɹɪkɔl/ sometimes
/ˈɹiːkɔːl/ UK
/ˈɹiˌkɔl/ US
/ˈɹiˌkɑl/ cot caught merger

Rhymes with -ɔːl, -iːkɔːl

Where it comes from

From re- + call, probably modelled on Latin revocāre, French rappeler, English withcall.

verb recalls · recalling · recalled · recal · re-call

transitive To withdraw, retract (one's words etc.); to revoke (an order).
Similar: withcall, abjure, backpedal, disavow, disown, eat one's words, recall, recant, retract, revoke, swallow, take back
transitive To call back, bring back, or summon (someone) to a specific place, station, etc. He was recalled to service after his retirement.
US, transitive To remove an elected official through a petition and direct vote. That stop-start-stop has created a groundswell of anger toward Mr. Newsom, a Democrat in the third year of his first term, that is increasingly fueling a movement to recall him from office in one of the bluest of blue states.
transitive To bring back (someone) to or from a particular mental or physical state, activity etc.
intransitive, transitive To call back (a situation, event, etc.) to one's mind; to remember; to recollect. Nevertheless, there were many passengers on the recent special trains to whom the immaculate little 80-year-old "Terrier," No. 32636, formerly Fenchurch, and its two L.B.S.C.R. coaches, recalled nostalgic memories of the old days on the line, when the trains were always spick and span; and days when
transitive To hearken back to, evoke; to be reminiscent of. "The twinkling of the dancers' feet" comes to us in the Odyssey as a memory from that palace of Alkinoos, whose wonders recall to us so much that we have found in Crete.
intransitive, transitive To call again; to call another time.
transitive To request or order the return of (a faulty product). On Feb. 26, the FDA posted a voluntary recall from Brassica Pharma, which is recalling several eye ointments with expiration dates ranging from February 2024 to September 2025.

noun recalls · recal · re-call

countable, uncountable Request of the return of a faulty product. recall campaign
US, countable, uncountable The right or procedure by which a public official may be removed from office before the end of their term of office, by a vote of the people to be taken on the filing of a petition signed by a required number or percentage of qualified voters. recall petition
US, countable, uncountable The right or procedure by which the decision of a court may be directly reversed or annulled by popular vote, as was advocated, in 1912, in the platform of the Progressive Party for certain cases involving the police power of the state.
countable, uncountable Memory; the ability to remember. One little-known incident in No. 49's life is worth recall.
countable, uncountable The fraction of (all) relevant material that is returned by a search. precision and recall
Similar: sensitivity

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: withdraw, come back, return, retrieve, call back, recollect, remind, remember, recollection, remembrance, anamnesis, call up, think, echo, call in, hark back

Translations

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verb to order the return of (faulty product)

Español	retirar
中文	召回 zhàohuí
Português	convocar
Français	rappeler
Deutsch	zurückrufen, rückrufen
Italiano	richiamare, ritirare
Русский	отзывать otzyvatʹ, отозвать otozvatʹ
العربية	سَحَبَ saḥaba

verb to call (someone) back to a specific place, station

日本語	呼び返す yobikaesu
中文	罷免 /罢免 bàmiǎn, 召回 zhàohuí
Português	reconvocar
Français	rappeler
Deutsch	zurückrufen
Italiano	ritirare, revocare, richiamare
Русский	отзыва́ть otzyvátʹ, отозва́ть otozvátʹ
العربية	ٱسْتَدْعى

verb to remember, recollect

Español	remembrar, tener / hacer memoria de
한국어	회상하다 hoesanghada, 생각나다 saenggangnada
日本語	思い出す omoidasu, 思い起す omoiokosu, 想起する sōki suru
中文	回憶 /回忆 huíyì, 追憶 /追忆 zhuīyì, 想起 xiǎngqǐ, 回想 huíxiǎng, 憶起 /忆起 yìqǐ
Português	lembrar, recordar
Français	se souvenir, se rappeler, se remémorer
Deutsch	sich erinnern, sich entsinnen, gedenken, abrufen
Italiano	rammentare, ricordare, riportare alla memoria
Ελληνικά	αναπολώ anapoló
Română	aminti
Русский	вспомина́ть vspominátʹ, вспо́мнить vspómnitʹ, припоминать pripominatʹ
العربية	تَذَكَّرَ taḏakkara

noun product recall

Español	retirada
Português	recall
Deutsch	Rückruf, Rückrufaktion
العربية	سَحْب saḥb

noun memory

Español	recordación, rememoración

noun machine learning recall

Русский	полнота polnota

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@misc{recall_2026,
  title = {recall},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/recall},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}