RECOLLECTION


Meaning of RECOLLECTION in English

rec ‧ ol ‧ lec ‧ tion /ˌrekəˈlekʃ ə n/ BrE AmE noun formal

1 . [countable] something from the past that you remember:

My earliest recollections are of my mother bending over my cot.

2 . [uncountable] an act of remembering something

have no recollection (of something) (=not remember)

I have no recollection of how I found my way there in the dark.

to (the best of) my recollection (=used when you are unsure if you remember correctly)

To the best of my recollection, she drives a Mercedes.

Noone, to my recollection, gave a second thought to the risks involved.

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English.      Longman - Словарь современного английского языка.