MEMORY


Meaning of MEMORY in English

/ ˈmeməri; NAmE / ( pl. -ies ) noun

ABILITY TO REMEMBER

1.

[ C , U ] memory (for sth) your ability to remember things :

I have a bad memory for names.

People have short memories (= they soon forget) .

He had a long memory for people who had disappointed him.

She can recite the whole poem from memory .

He suffered loss of memory for weeks after the accident.

Are you sure? Memory can play tricks on you.

2.

[ U ] the period of time that sb is able to remember events :

There hasn't been peace in the country in / within my memory .

It was the worst storm in recent memory.

This hasn't happened in living memory (= nobody alive now can remember it happening) .

STH YOU REMEMBER

3.

[ C ] a thought of sth that you remember from the past

SYN recollection :

childhood memories

I have vivid memories of my grandparents.

What is your earliest memory?

The photos bring back lots of good memories .

4.

[ U ] ( formal ) what is remembered about sb after they have died :

Her memory lives on (= we still remember her) .

COMPUTING

5.

[ C , U ] the part of a computer where information is stored; the amount of space in a computer for storing information

—see also RAM

IDIOMS

- if (my) memory serves me well, correctly, etc.

- in memory of sb | to the memory of sb

—more at etch , jog verb , refresh , sieve noun

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WORD ORIGIN

Middle English : from Old French memorie , from Latin memoria , from memor mindful, remembering.

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне.