Meaning of recall | Babel Free

Definitions

1. The action or fact of calling someone or something back.
   countable, uncountable
2. Request of the return of a faulty product.
   countable, uncountable
3. The right or procedure by which a public official may be removed from office before the end of their term of office, by a vote of the people to be taken on the filing of a petition signed by a required number or percentage of qualified voters.
   US, countable, uncountable
4. The right or procedure by which the decision of a court may be directly reversed or annulled by popular vote, as was advocated, in 1912, in the platform of the Progressive Party for certain cases involving the police power of the state.
   US, countable, uncountable
5. Memory; the ability to remember.
   countable, uncountable
6. The fraction of (all) relevant material that is returned by a search.
   countable, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“recall campaign”

“The recall said that no injuries related to the potentially unsterile facility have been reported.”

“recall petition”

“representative recall”

“One little-known incident in No. 49's life is worth recall.”

“precision and recall”

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