1. (

• remember ,
• retrieve ,
• recall ,
• call_back ,
• call_up ,
• recollect ,
• think ,

) recall knowledge from memory; have a recollection; "I can't remember saying any such thing"; "I can't think what her last name was"; "can you remember her phone number?"; "Do you remember that he once loved you?"; "call up memories" ;

2. (

• hark_back ,
• return ,
• come_back ,
• recall

) go back to something earlier; "This harks back to a previous remark of his" ;

3. (

• echo ,
• recall

) call to mind; "His words echoed John F. Kennedy" ;

4. (

• recall ,
• call_back ,

) summon to return; "The ambassador was recalled to his country"; "The company called back many of the workers it had laid off during the recession" ;

5. (

• recall ,

) cause one's (or someone else's) thoughts or attention to return from a reverie or digression; "She was recalled by a loud laugh" ;

6. (

• recall

) make unavailable; bar from sale or distribution; "The company recalled the product when it was found to be faulty" ;

7. (

• recall ,
• call_in ,
• call_back ,
• withdraw ,

) cause to be returned; "recall the defective auto tires"; "The manufacturer tried to call back the spoilt yoghurt" ;