recall

  1. Verb.  (transitive) To withdraw, retract (one's words etc.); to revoke (an order). (defdate, from 16th c.) .
  2. Verb.  (transitive) To call back, bring back or summon (someone) to a specific place, station etc. (defdate, from 16th c.) .
  3. Verb.  (transitive) To bring back (someone) (term, to) or (term, from) a particular mental or physical state, activity etc. (defdate, from 16th c.) .
  4. Verb.  (transitive) To call back (a situation, event etc.) to one's mind; to remember, recollect. (defdate, from 16th c.) .
  5. Verb.  (transitive, intransitive) To call again, to call another time. (defdate, from 17th c.) .
  6. Verb.  (transitive) To request or order the return of (a faulty product). (defdate, from 20th c.) .
  7. Noun.  The action or fact of calling someone or something back.
  8. Noun.  Memory; the ability to remember.
  9. Noun.  In Information retrieval, the fraction of (all) relevant material that is returned by a search.

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This entry was last updated on RefTopia from its source on 3/20/2012.