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recall 1, verb(dictionary)
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recall(1) (iou)



recall noun. E17.
[from RE- + CALL noun, after the verb.]
The action or an act of calling someone or something back; a summons to return to or from a place; esp. a request for the return of a faulty product, issued by a manufacturer to all purchasers concerned. E17.
Which? To reach owners..manufacturers publicise their recalls.
b. A sound made as a signal to return, spec. (Military) to call soldiers back to rank or camp. M19.
The action or an instance of remembering; the ability to remember. M17.
total recall: see TOTAL adjective.
P. Casement Memory is usually..conscious recall. C. Tomalin Powers of recall.
b. A measure of the thoroughness of an information retrieval system, esp. expressed as the proportion of the number of relevant documents retrieved from a database in response to an enquiry. M20.
The action or possibility of revoking, undoing, or annulling something done or past. Chiefly in beyond recall, past recall, without recall. M17.
b. Removal of an elected government official from office by a system of petition and vote; this method of terminating a period of office. US. E20.