English Dictionary
Definition of “memory”
memory (ˈmɛmərɪ
)
Definitions
noun
- the ability of the mind to store and recall past sensations, thoughts, knowledge, etc ⇒
he can do it from memory
- the part of the brain that appears to have this function
- the sum of everything retained by the mind
- a particular recollection of an event, person, etc
- the time over which recollection extends ⇒
within his memory
- commemoration or remembrance ⇒
in memory of our leader
- the state of being remembered, as after death
- RAMmain storestorea part of a computer in which information is stored for immediate use by the central processing unit See also backing store
, virtual storage
- the tendency for a material, system, etc, to show effects that depend on its past treatment or history
- the ability of a material, etc, to return to a former state after a constraint has been removed
Word Origin
C14: from Old French memorie, from Latin memoria, from memor mindful
Quotations
"The man with a good memory remembers nothing because he forgets nothing"
Augusto Roa Bastos"The charm, one might say the genius of memory, is that it is choosy, chancy, and temperamental: it rejects the edifying cathedral and indelibly photographs the small boy outside, chewing a hunk of melon in the dust"
Elizabeth Bowen"Our memories are card-indexes consulted, and then put back in disorder by authorities whom we do not control"
Cyril Connolly"We find a little of everything in our memory; it is a sort of pharmacy, a sort of chemical laboratory, in which our groping hand may come to rest, now on a sedative drug, now on a dangerous poison"
Marcel Proust
Translations
- British English:
memory
Your memory is your ability to remember things.He has a very good memory for numbers.ˈmɛmərɪ NOUN He has a very good memory for numbers.
- Spanish:
memoria
nf
- French:
mémoire
nf
- German:
Gedächtnis
nnt
- Chinese: 记忆 n
- Arabic: ذَاكِرَة n
- Portuguese: memória nf
- Russian: память nf
- Croatian: pamćenje nnt
- Czech: paměť nf
- Danish: hukommelse nutr
- Dutch: geheugen nnt
- Finnish: muisti n
- Greek: μνήμη nf
- Italian: memoria nf
- Japanese: 記憶 n
- Korean: 기억 n
- Norwegian: minne nnt
- Polish: pamięć nf
- Brazilian Portuguese: memória nf
- European Spanish:
memoria
nf
- Swedish: minne nnt
- Thai: ความจำ n
- Turkish: bellek n
- Vietnamese: trí nhớ n
- British English:
memory
A memory is something you remember about the past.They discussed their memories of their school days.ˈmɛmərɪ NOUN They discussed their memories of their school days.
- French:
souvenir
nm
- Arabic: ذِكْرَى n
- Brazilian Portuguese: lembrança nf
Usage examples
Something tickled at the back of her mind, a sense of déjà vu or a fleeting memory.
Garth Nix, LIRAEL: DAUGHTER OF THE CLAYR (2001)Girlfriend, boyfriend, hot sister-in-law just delete them from your memory !
Maxim (2004)They played beautiful football - from memory ," was the simple explanation by the legendary Alfredo di Stefano.
Irish Times (2002)Linking these strands is that cunning demon, selective memory.
Glasgow Herald (2001)But the late Mr Cooper hadn't had jerks, twitches, depression, personality change, memory loss or dementia.
Jim Leavesley, George Biro, THE MEDICAL MYSTERIES E-OMNIBUS (2001)
