recall

Definitions

General English

• noun the act of asking for products to be returned, or the act of ordering someone to return
• verb to tell a government official to come home from a foreign country

Commerce

• noun the ability to remember an advertisement
• verb to ask for products to be returned because of possible faults

Computing

• noun the process of bringing back text or files from store

Electronics

• To restore to a former condition. Also, the act of restoring to a former condition.
• In computers, a retrieval of information. Also, the act of retrieving information.
• To request that a defective manufactured product be returned for adjustment, repair, or disposal. Also, the process of informing of such a recall, and making the changes.
• synonymredial

Information & Library Science

• noun retrieval of a document from an information store
• noun the number of relevant records returned by a search, expressed as a percentage of the total number of relevant records in the database
• verb to request the return of a library book
• verb to bring back data or text on to the screen of a computer

Law

• noun a request for someone to come back again

Medical

• noun the act of remembering something from the past

Military

• verb to order a person or unit to return to a location or grouping

Politics

• noun the system of ending the period in office of an elected official early, following a popular vote

Nearby Definitions of “recall”

• read
• real
• real time
• realism
• rear
• recall
• receiver
• reception
• record
• recover
• recovery

Contexts for “recall”

17 definitions in context
• General English
• Commerce
• Computing
• Electronics
• Information & Library Science
• Law
• Medical
• Military
• Politics