memory

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/ˈmɛm.ə.ɹi/

noun 6

Collocations

(noun.) ability to remember

ADJ

excellent, good, long, prodigious, retentive | bad, poor, short

long-term, short-term

She has a long-term memory of her childhood home even though she left it thirty years ago.

visual

She has an excellent visual memory and can recall every face she meets.

photographic

VERB + MEMORY

jog, refresh

Looking at old photos refreshed her memory about the happy times they spent together.

lose

My grandmother has started to lose her memory, so we help her remember important dates.

commit sth to

She committed the poem to memory before the school performance last week.

PREP

from ~

She performed the piano piece from memory during the concert last night.

~ for

She has an excellent memory for details, which makes her perfect for investigative work.

PHRASES

in living/recent memory

Nobody had seen such severe flooding in living memory.

(noun.) thought of the past

ADJ

childhood, early

I have a vivid childhood memory of learning to ride a bicycle in the park with my dad.

dim, distant, fading, hazy, vague | clear, vivid | affectionate, fond, good, happy, lovely, nostalgic, pleasant, positive, precious, sweet, warm, wonderful | bitter-sweet | bad, bitter, disturbing, embarrassing, horrific, painful, sad, traumatic, unhappy, unpleasant

abiding, enduring, lasting, lingering

My enduring memory of childhood is playing football in the park with my best friend.

VERB + MEMORY

bring back, evoke, rekindle, revive, stir (up)

blot out

She wanted to blot out the memory of that embarrassing moment at the party.

MEMORY + VERB

come flooding back, flood back

Seeing old photographs made happy memories from childhood come flooding back.

fade

PREP

in ~ of

The family organized a charity event in memory of their grandmother.

~ from

I have a clear memory from my childhood of playing in my grandmother's garden.

~ of

She has vivid memories of playing in the garden with her grandmother.

Definitions

noun

The ability of the brain to record information or impressions with the facility of recalling them later, usually at will.

Memory is a facility common to all animals.

And they say goldfish have no memory. I guess their lives are much like mine. And the little plastic castle is a surprise every time.

A record of a thing or an event stored and available for later use by the organism.

I have no memory of that event.

My wedding is one of my happiest memories.

The part of a computer that stores variable executable code or data (RAM) or unalterable executable code or default data (ROM).

This data passes from the CPU to the memory.

My first microcomputer had 12K of memory. When I expanded to a full 64K, I thought I had all the memory I'd ever need. Hah. I know better now.

The time within which past events can be or are remembered.

in recent memory

in living memory

Which returns to its original shape when heated

memory metal

memory plastic

noun

Alternative letter-case form of memory (“pelmanism”).

Thesaurus

Synonyms

noun — an electronic memory device

noun — the power of retaining and recalling past experience

retention
retentiveness
retentivity

noun — the cognitive processes whereby past experience is remembere

remembering

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

memory lane

An imaginary path along which one can take a nostalgic or sentimental journey through one's memories of the past.

The speaker took us on a trip down memory lane with his recollections of village life fifty years ago.

in living memory

In recent history, in recorded history amongst the lifespan of extant people; events or situations which can be remembered by people that are still alive.

The Roberts Court is the most politically conservative in living memory.

in recent memory

In living memory.

within living memory

In living memory.

jog someone's memory

To cause someone to remember something, suddenly; to spark a memory.

Example Bank

Memory is a facility common to all animals.

Wiktionary

And they say goldfish have no memory. I guess their lives are much like mine. And the little plastic castle is a surprise every time.

Wiktionary

I have no memory of that event.

Wiktionary

Smith has spent years studying the effects of sleep and sleep loss on memory and learning.

Tatoeba · #2094

Your poor memory is due to poor listening habits.

Tatoeba · #17274

What a memory you have.

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