Definitions for recollection
ˌrɛk əˈlɛk ʃənrec·ol·lec·tion

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. remembrance, recollection, anamnesisnoun

   the ability to recall past occurrences

2. recall, recollection, reminiscencenoun

   the process of remembering (especially the process of recovering information by mental effort)

   "he has total recall of the episode"

3. recollectionnoun

   something recalled to the mind

WiktionaryRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. recollectionnoun

   Process of collecting again.

2. Etymology: Via récollection or the verb recollect, both from recollectus, the past participle of recolligere, itself from re- + colligere.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Recollectionnoun

   Recovery of notion; revival in the memory.

   Etymology: from recollect.

   Recollection is when an idea is sought after by the mind, and with pain and endeavour found, and brought again in view. John Locke.

   Let us take care that we sleep not without such a recollection of the actions of the day as may represent any thing that is remarkable, as matter of sorrow or thanksgiving. Taylor.

   The last image of that troubled heap,
   When sense subsides, and fancy sports in sleep,
   Though past the recollection of the thought,
   Becomes the stuff of which our dream is wrought. Alexander Pope.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Recollectionnoun

   the act of recollecting, or recalling to the memory; the operation by which objects are recalled to the memory, or ideas revived in the mind; reminiscence; remembrance

2. Recollectionnoun

   the power of recalling ideas to the mind, or the period within which things can be recollected; remembrance; memory; as, an event within my recollection

3. Recollectionnoun

   that which is recollected; something called to mind; reminiscence

4. Recollectionnoun

   the act or practice of collecting or concentrating the mind; concentration; self-control

Editors ContributionRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. recollectionadjective

   To travel back in time is a waste of breath of the white man's air. In the last 24 hours my recollection is Chrystal Clear that my neighbor's are queer.

   For example. I smell dead fish all the time.

   Etymology: HIV positive.

   
   

   Submitted by finoanthony55 on August 16, 2021  

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1. collectioner

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of recollection in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of recollection in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of recollection in a Sentence

1. George Bernard Shaw:

   We are made wise not by the recollection of our past, but by the responsibility for our future.

2. James Comey:

   No one, to my recollection, asked, 'So what's coming next from the Russians, how might we stop it, what's the future look like?'.

3. The New York Times:

   Bruce just isn't a man with a double life, but a character shaped with love and exasperation, recrimination and guilt by Alison's recollection of him.

4. Theodore McCarrick:

   While I have absolutely no recollection of this reported abuse, and believe in my innocence, I am sorry for the pain the person who brought the charges has gone through, as well as for the scandal such charges cause our people.

5. Kurt Gredzinski:

   That to me is the first time in my recollection that we strategically targeted based on threat finance information.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=recollection
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Recollection
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=recollection
4. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/recollection