Memory

Quick meaning: Memory is a noun meaning (uncountable) The ability of the brain to record information or impressions with the facility of recalling them later, usually at will.

Meaning

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

More Meanings

1. A record of a thing or an event stored and available for later use by an organism.
2. (computing) The part of a computer that stores variable executable code or data (RAM) or unalterable executable code or default data (ROM).
3. The time within which past events can be or are remembered.
4. (attributive) Of a material, which returns to its original shape when heated.
5. Synonym of pelmanism (“memory card game”).
6. (zoology, collective, rare) A term of venery for a social group of elephants, normally called a herd.
7. (obsolete) A memorial.

Example Sentences

I have no memory of that event.

My wedding is one of my happiest memories.

Memory is a facility common to all animals.

This data passes from the CPU to the memory.

Word Forms

• memories
• memorie

Synonyms for memory

Depending on context, synonyms include recall, recollection, rememoration, reminiscence, retention, core.

Antonyms for memory

Common opposites include blank.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include remembering, retention, retentiveness, storage, store, memorization.

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