memory

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

Noun

  1. 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. - 1998, “Little Plastic Castle”, in Little Plastic Castle, performed by Ani DiFranco:

    Synonyms: recall retention

  2. A record of a thing or an event stored and available for later use by an organism.
    • I have no memory of that event.
    • My wedding is one of my happiest memories.
    • Sam and his friends will never forget the happy memories of the field trip to France.

    Synonyms: recall recollection

  3. 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. - 1987 July 27, Jerry Pournelle, “Law of Expanding Memory: Applications Will...

    Synonyms: core

  4. The time within which past events can be or are remembered.
    • in recent memory
    • in living memory
  5. Of a material, which returns to its original shape when heated.
    • memory metal
    • memory plastic
  6. A memorial.
    • These weeds are memories of those worser hours. - c. 1603–1606, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of King Lear”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac...
  7. Synonym of pelmanism (“memory card game”).
    • After he saw her a few more times, Mr. Cherkasky asked Ms. Cochrane out on a date in May 2008 to Central Park. He brought along some games to break the ice, and Ms. Cochrane brought cupcakes. They found a quiet place to...
    • One example of that would be a memory game that I originally worked on with a friend of mine at Ovrflo Media some time ago. If you aren't familiar with the game of memory, it's a matching game where you are presented...

    Synonyms: pelmanism

  8. A term of venery for a social group of elephants, normally called a herd.

Origin

From Anglo-Norman memorie, Old French memoire etc., from Latin memoria (“the faculty of remembering, remembrance, memory, a historical account”), from memor (“mindful, remembering”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)mer- (to remember), related to Ancient Greek μνήμη (mnḗmē, “memory”) μέρμερος (mérmeros, “anxious”), μέριμνα (mérimna, “care, thought”), Old English ġemimor (“mindful, remembering”). More at mimmer. Doublet of memoir and memoria. Displaced native Old English myne (whence English min) and Old English ġemynd, which took on a different meaning as modern mind.

Forms

memories memorie

Wikipedia

Memory

Synonyms

memory recall recollection rememoration reminiscence

Antonyms

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Hypernyms

record

Hyponyms

flashback

Related

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Derived

as memory serves base memory battery memory bubble memory buddy memory allocation childhood memory collective memory commit to memory constructive memory conventional memory core memory damnation of memory declarative memory DIP memory dynamic memory dynamic memory allocation dynamic random access memory echoic memory EDO memory eidetic memory episodic memory expanded memory extended memory extinction memory