recall /ɹɪˈkɔːl/verb 8/ˈɹiːkɔːl/ noun 6forms 3 verb8 •to remember something seen, heard or done earlierSo many people have come and gone Their faces fade as the years go by Yet I still recall as I wander on As clear as the sun in the summer sky — 1976 •To call back, bring back, or summon (someone) to a specific place, station, etc.He was recalled to service after his retirement.She was recalled to London for the trial. •To bring back (someone) to or from a particular mental or physical state, activity etc. •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. — 2024 •(US) To remove an elected official through a petition and direct vote. •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. — 1907 •To withdraw, retract (one's words etc.); to revoke (an order). •To call again; to call another time. recall /ˈɹiːkɔːl/ noun6 •The action or fact of calling someone or something back. •Request of the return of a faulty product.The recall said that no injuries related to the potentially unsterile facility have been reported. — 2024 •Memory; the ability to remember.One little-known incident in No. 49's life is worth recall. — 1959 •(US) 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. •(US) 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. •The fraction of (all) relevant material that is returned by a search. formsrecalled · recalling · recalls