definition of
recall

[1] #1 recall v. [remember, retrieve, call back, call up, recollect, think] 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". wn

[2] #2 recall v. [hark back, return, come back] go back to something earlier; "This harks back to a previous remark of his". wn

[3] #3 recall v. [echo] call to mind; "His words echoed John F. Kennedy". wn

[4] #4 recall v. [call back] 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". wn

[5] #5 recall v. cause one's (or someone else's) thoughts or attention to return from a reverie or digression; "She was recalled by a loud laugh". wn