| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| SYLLABICATION: | re·call |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  r -kôl |
| TRANSITIVE VERB: | Inflected forms: re·called, re·call·ing, re·calls
1. To ask or order to return: recalled all workers who had been laid off. 2. To summon back to awareness of or concern with the subject or situation at hand. 3. To remember; recollect. See synonyms at remember. 4. To cancel, take back, or revoke. 5. To bring back; restore. 6. To request return (of a product) to the manufacturer, as for necessary repairs or adjustments. | | NOUN: | (also r kôl )1. The act of recalling or summoning back, especially an official order to return. 2. A signal, such as a bugle call, used to summon troops back to their posts. 3. The ability to remember information or experiences. 4. The act of revoking. 5a. The procedure by which a public official may be removed from office by popular vote. b. The right to employ this procedure. 6. A request by the manufacturer of a product that has been identified as defective to return it, as for necessary repairs or adjustments. | | OTHER FORMS: | re·calla·ble —ADJECTIVE
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