- memory
- noun1 ability to rememberADJECTIVE▪ excellent, good, long, prodigious, retentive▪ awful, bad, faulty, poor, short, terrible▪ long-term, short-term▪
His short-term memory was damaged in the accident.
▪ working▪the limitations of working memory
▪ collective▪the nation's collective memory
▪ public▪The incident faded from public memory.
▪ cultural, historical, institutional (esp. AmE)▪How short our cultural memory has become.
▪the historical memory of a culture
▪the Army's institutional memory
▪ visual▪Bad spellers have a weak visual memory.
▪ photographic▪ humanVERB + MEMORY▪ jog, refresh▪Seeing your name in the paper jogged my memory.
▪ lose▪Most people start to lose their memory as they get older.
▪ recover, regain▪ haunt▪one of those films that haunts the memory long after it has been watched
▪ commit sth to▪I committed the number to memory and threw the letter away.
▪ search▪She searched her memory for their names.
PREPOSITION▪ from memory▪He recited the whole poem from memory.
▪ memory for▪I have a good memory for faces.
PHRASES▪ in living memory, in recent memory▪the coldest winter in living memory
▪ if memory serves (BrE), if memory serves me, if memory serves me correctly, if memory serves me right▪If memory served her, his name was Stan.
2 thought of the pastADJECTIVE▪ childhood, early▪My earliest childhood memory is of falling in a lake.
▪ dim, distant, faded, fading, faint, fuzzy (esp. AmE), hazy, vague▪ clear, vivid▪ affectionate (esp. BrE), cherished, fond, good, great, happy, lovely (esp. BrE), nostalgic, pleasant, positive, precious, special, sweet, treasured, warm, wonderful▪ favourite/favorite▪ bitter-sweet▪ haunting▪the haunting memories of lost love
▪ awful, bad, bitter, disturbing, embarrassing, horrible, horrific, painful, sad, terrible, traumatic, unhappy, unpleasant, unwanted▪ powerful, strong▪ abiding (esp. BrE), enduring, lasting, lingering▪My abiding memory of our first meeting is of a girl too shy to talk.
▪ fleeting▪ forgotten, lost▪all the forgotten memories from when he was younger
▪ old▪the pain of old memories
▪ fresh, recent▪the fresh memory of my momentous news this morning
▪ first▪one of my first memories
▪ shared▪They exchanged grins at the shared memory.
▪ repressed, suppressed▪a repressed memory of trauma
▪ false▪false memories of abuse
▪false memory syndrome
▪ selective▪ recovered▪recovered memories of abusive and violent incidents
▪ associativeVERB + MEMORY▪ have▪I have memories of sitting on the back of the school bus.
▪ bring back, evoke, recall, rekindle, revive, spark, stir, stir up, trigger▪ conjure, conjure up, retrieve▪Most young adults can retrieve memories of very early events.
▪ relive▪forced to relive painful memories
▪ remember▪I began to remember happy memories from my childhood.
▪ retain▪ invoke▪ cherish, treasure▪I will always treasure these memories.
▪ keep alive, preserve▪ share▪The actors share fond memories of what Gene meant to them.
▪ block (esp. AmE), block out, blot out, bury, erase, push aside, push away, repress, suppress▪He tried to blot out his memories of the ordeal.
▪ record▪Keeping a journal is a great way to record your memories.
▪ hold▪a place that holds so many memories of Ellen
▪ be haunted by▪still haunted by memories of his father's death
MEMORY + VERB▪ come flooding back, flood back, flood sb's mind (esp. AmE), rush back to sb▪When we visited my old family home, memories came flooding back.
▪ stir▪Memories stirred in Josie's mind.
▪ fadePREPOSITION▪ at the memory▪Her eyes gleamed at the memory.
▪ in memory of▪He planted some apple trees in memory of his wife.
▪ memory from▪Smells and tastes often evoke memories from the past.
▪ memory of▪fond memories of her childhood
PHRASES▪ in loving memory▪in loving memory of our beloved father
3 of a computerADJECTIVE▪ computer, system▪ cache, working▪ flashVERB + MEMORY▪ expand▪ take up▪Photographs take up a lot of memory.
MEMORY + NOUN▪ stick▪ drive▪ slot
Collocations dictionary. 2013.
