English Explanatory Dictionary

memory

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The ability of the brain to record information or impressions with the facility of recalling them later, usually at will.
  2. A record of a thing or an event stored and available for later use by an organism.
  3. The part of a computer that stores variable executable code or data (RAM) or unalterable executable code or default data (ROM).
  4. The time within which past events can be or are remembered.
  5. Of a material, which returns to its original shape when heated.
  6. A memorial.
  7. Synonym of pelmanism (“memory card game”).
  8. A term of venery for a social group of elephants, normally called a herd.
noun
  1. Alternative letter-case form of memory (“pelmanism”).

Pronunciation

/ˈmɛm.ə.ɹi/ /ˈmɛm.ɹi/ En-us-memory.ogg /ˈmɪm.ə.ɹi/ /ˈmɪm.ɹi/ /ˈmem.ə.ɹi/ /ˈmem.ɹi/

Word forms

memory memories memorie

Etymology

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.

Synonyms

memory recall recollection rememoration reminiscence retention core pelmanism

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 remember mnemonics

Derived words

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 false memory false memory syndrome false-memory syndrome ferrite core memory flashbulb memory flash memory folk memory forgettery genetic memory have a short memory highly superior autobiographical memory high memory area if memory serves in living memory in memory of in recent memory institutional memory jog someone's memory living memory long memory long-term memory magnetic core memory main memory memcapacitance memcapacitor memex memoried memorist memory balloon memory ballooning memory barrier memory B cell memory box memory café memory care memory cartridge
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