Synonyms: recall
Definition: the act of removing an official by petition
Similar words: abrogation, annulment, repeal
Definition: the act of abrogating; an official or legal cancellation
Synonyms: recollection, reminiscence, recall
Definition: the process of remembering (especially the process of recovering information by mental effort)
Usage: he has total recall of the episode
Similar words: memory, remembering
Definition: the cognitive processes whereby past experience is remembered
Usage: he can do it from memory; he enjoyed remembering his father
Synonyms: recall
Definition: a bugle call that signals troops to return
Similar words: bugle call
Definition: a signal broadcast by the sound of a bugle
Synonyms: recall
Definition: a call to return
Usage: the recall of our ambassador
Similar words: call
Definition: a request
Usage: many calls for Christmas stories; not many calls for buggywhips
Definition: a request by the manufacturer of a defective product to return the product (as for replacement or repair)
Synonyms: recall
Definition: cause one's (or someone else's) thoughts or attention to return from a reverie or digression
Usage: She was recalled by a loud laugh
Similar words: focus, concentrate, center, centre, rivet, pore
Definition: direct one's attention on something
Usage: Please focus on your studies and not on your hobbies
Definition: summon to return
Usage: The ambassador was recalled to his country; The company called back many of the workers it had laid off during the recession
Definition: order, request, or command to come
Usage: She was called into the director's office; Call the police!
Synonyms: hark back, return, recall, come back
Definition: go back to something earlier
Usage: This harks back to a previous remark of his
Synonyms: call back, call in, recall, withdraw
Definition: cause to be returned
Usage: recall the defective auto tires; The manufacturer tried to call back the spoilt yoghurt
Similar words: take
Definition: take into one's possession
Usage: We are taking an orphan from Romania; I'll take three salmon steaks
Synonyms: recall
Definition: make unavailable; bar from sale or distribution
Usage: The company recalled the product when it was found to be faulty
Similar words: strike down, cancel
Definition: declare null and void; make ineffective
Usage: Cancel the election results; strike down a law
Definition: call to mind
Usage: His words echoed John F. Kennedy
Similar words: resemble
Definition: appear like; be similar or bear a likeness to
Usage: She resembles her mother very much; This paper resembles my own work