Definition of "recall" in Englisch

verb

1. (transitive) To withdraw, retract (one's words etc.); to revoke (an order).

2. (transitive) To call back, bring back, or summon (someone) to a specific place, station, etc.

   • He was recalled to service after his retirement.
   • She was recalled to London for the trial.

3. (transitive, US politics) To remove an elected official through a petition and direct vote.

4. (transitive) To bring back (someone) to or from a particular mental or physical state, activity etc.

5. (transitive, intransitive) To call back (a situation, event, etc.) to one's mind; to remember; to recollect.

6. (transitive) To hearken back to, evoke; to be reminiscent of.

7. (transitive, intransitive) To call again; to call another time.

8. (transitive) To request or order the return of (a faulty product).

noun

1. The action or fact of calling someone or something back.

2. Memory; the ability to remember.

3. (information retrieval, machine learning) The fraction of (all) relevant material that is returned by a search.

   • precision and recall