recall

Topic: BUSINESS BASICS

recall
1 verb

re‧call1 S3 W2 See pronunciation table in "How to use dictionary" pages

[intransitive,transitive not in progressive] to remember a particular fact, event, or situation from the past:

You don't happen to recall his name, do you?

recall (that)

I seem to recall I've met him before somewhere.

recall doing something

I don't recall seeing any cars parked outside.

recall what/how/where etc

I can't recall who gave me the information.

As I recall, it was you who suggested this idea in the first place.

[transitive]PGO to officially tell someone to come back to a place or group

recall somebody to something

Cole was recalled to the squad to replace the injured Quinn.

recall somebody from something

The Ambassador was recalled from Washington.

[transitive]BB if a company recalls one of its products, it asks people who have bought it to return it because there may be something wrong with it:

The cars had to be recalled due to an engine fault.

4TD

[transitive] to bring information back onto the screen of a computer

[transitive] if something recalls something else, it makes you think of it because it is very similar:

The furnishings recall the 1960s.

[transitive] American English to vote to remove someone from their political position

Definition of recall from the Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English within
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