memory

Plural: memories

Noun

• The faculty of retaining and recalling past experiences and information.
• something that is remembered
  • "search as he would, the memory was lost"
• the cognitive processes whereby past experience is remembered
  • "he can do it from memory"
• the power of retaining and recalling past experience
  • "he had a good memory when he was younger"
• an electronic memory device
  • "a memory and the CPU form the central part of a computer to which peripherals are attached"
• the area of cognitive psychology that studies memory processes
  • "he taught a graduate course on learning and memory"
• The ability of the brain to record information or impressions with the facility of recalling them later, usually at will.
• A record of a thing or an event stored and available for later use by the organism.
• The part of a computer that stores variable executable code or data (RAM) or unalterable executable code or default data (ROM).
• The time within which past events can be or are remembered.
• Which returns to its original shape when heated
• A memorial.
• Synonym of pelmanism (“memory card game”).
• A term of venery for a social group of elephants, normally called a herd.

Examples

• His MEMORY for obscure words was legendary among his Scrabble opponents.
• I have no memory of that event.
• in living memory
• in recent memory
• Memory is a facility common to all animals.
• memory metal
• memory plastic
• My wedding is one of my happiest memories.
• This data passes from the CPU to the memory.

Synonyms

computer memory, computer storage, memory board, remembering, retention, retentiveness, retentivity, storage, store, core, memory, pelmanism, recall, recall#Noun, recollection, rememoration, reminiscence

Antonyms

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Related Words

memo, memoir, memorabilia, memorable, memorandum, memorate, memorial, memorise, memorize, memory bank, memory card, memory foam, memory lane, memory-ridden, mnemonics, remember