Recalls

Part of speech: verb

Definitions

1. To bring a past event or fact back into one's mind ; to officially ask for a sold product to be returned due to a problem
2. To call to mind a memory or information that was previously learned ; to demand the return of a defective or dangerous item
3. To retrieve or recollect information previously known ; to initiate a program requiring customers to send back an unsafe or flawed product

Etymology: "Recalls" is the third-person singular form of "recall," so it describes the same action as the verb itself. "Recall" is formed from "re-," meaning back or again, and "call," so its core sense is calling something back to where it came from. That image explains both of its main meanings: calling a memory back into the mind, and calling a product back from the market. The word's wider family follows the same pattern. Its origin is modelled on Latin "revocare," meaning to call back, and on French "rappeler," which carries the same sense. English compounded its own native "call" with the Latin-style prefix, so the English word is a blend of Germanic and classical building blocks rather than a direct loan from either language.

Synonyms: remembers, recollects, retrieves, summons, calls back

Antonyms: forgets, overlooks, ignores, disregards, dismisses