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1. (n.) memory
the mental capacity or faculty of retaining or recalling facts, events, impressions, or previous experiences.
2. memory
this faculty as possessed by a particular individual:
to have a good memory.
3. memory
the act or fact of retaining and recalling impressions, facts, etc.; remembrance:
to draw from memory.
4. memory
the length of time over which recollection extends:
within the memory of living persons.
5. memory
a mental impression retained; a recollection:
an early memory.
6. memory
the reputation of a person or thing, esp. after death.
7. memory
the state or fact of being remembered.
8. memory
a person or thing remembered.
9. memory
commemorative remembrance; commemoration.
10. memory
the capacity of a computer to store information .
11. memory
the components of the computer in which such information is stored.
12. memory
the ability of certain materials to return to an original shape after deformation.
13. memory
the ability of a cell of the immune system to respond to an antigen it has previously encountered.
Etymology: (1275–1325; < L memoria=memor remembering +-ia -y3)
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| Definition of 'memory' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) memory
something that is remembered
"search as he would, the memory was lost"
2. (noun) memory, remembering
the cognitive processes whereby past experience is remembered
"he can do it from memory"; "he enjoyed remembering his father"
3. (noun) memory, retention, retentiveness, retentivity
the power of retaining and recalling past experience
"he had a good memory when he was younger"
4. (noun) memory, computer memory, storage, computer storage, store, memory board
an electronic memory device
"a memory and the CPU form the central part of a computer to which peripherals are attached"
5. (noun) memory
the area of cognitive psychology that studies memory processes
"he taught a graduate course on learning and memory"
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1. (noun) memory
sth you remember
fond/bad memories; I have very few memories of my childhood.
2. memory
the ability to remember things
She has a very good/bad memory.
3. memory
from memory
having used your memory to learn
He sketched the map from memory.
4. memory
the part of a computer where information is stored
128 MB of memory; a memory chip
5. memory
in memory of
in order to remember and as a sign of respect for
a service in memory of all those who died
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) memory
the faculty of the mind by which it retains the knowledge of previous thoughts, impressions, or events
2. (noun) memory
the reach and positiveness with which a person can remember; the strength and trustworthiness of one's power to reach and represent or to recall the past; as, his memory was never wrong
3. (noun) memory
the actual and distinct retention and recognition of past ideas in the mind; remembrance; as, in memory of youth; memories of foreign lands
4. (noun) memory
the time within which past events can be or are remembered; as, within the memory of man
5. (noun) memory
something, or an aggregate of things, remembered; hence, character, conduct, etc., as preserved in remembrance, history, or tradition; posthumous fame; as, the war became only a memory
6. (noun) memory
a memorial
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| Definition of 'memory' |
U.S. National Library of Medicine |
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1. memory
Complex mental function having four distinct phases: (1) memorizing or learning, (2) retention, (3) recall, and (4) recognition. Clinically, it is usually subdivided into immediate, recent, and remote memory.
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Sense: the power to remember things
a good memory for details.
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 Afrikaans: geheue |
 Arabic: ذاكِرَه، القُدْرَه على ال |
 Bulgarian: памет |
 Brazilian: memória |
 Czech: paměť |
 German: das Gedächtnis |
 Danish: hukommelse |
 Greek: μνήμη, μνημονικό |
 Spanish: memoria |
 Estonian: mälu |
 Farsi: حافظه |
 Finnish: muisti |
 French: mémoire |
 Hebrew: זִיכָּרוֹן |
 Hindi: स्मृति, याददाश्त |
 Croatian: pamćenje |
 Hungarian: emlékezőtehetség |
 Indonesian: ingatan |
 Icelandic: minni |
 Italian: memoria |
 Japanese: 記憶力 |
 Korean: 기억력 |
 Lithuanian: atmintis, atminimas |
 Latvian: atmiņa |
 Malay: ingatan |
 Dutch: geheugen |
 Norwegian: hukommelse |
 Polish: pamięć |
 Persian: حافظه |
 Pashto: حافظه |
 Portuguese: memória |
 Romanian: memorie |
 Russian: память |
 Slovak: pamäť |
 Slovenian: spomin |
 Serbian: memorija |
 Swedish: minne |
 Thai: ความจำ |
 Turkish: bellek, hafıza |
 Taiwanese: 記憶力，記性 |
 Ukrainian: пам'ять |
 Urdu: حافظہ |
 Vietnamese: trí nhớ |
 Chinese: 记忆力，记性 |
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