the mental capacity or faculty of retaining and reviving facts, events, impressions, etc., or of recalling or recognizing previous experiences.

this faculty as possessed by a particular individual

to have a good memory.

the act or fact of retaining and recalling impressions, facts, etc.; remembrance; recollection

to draw from memory.

the length of time over which recollection extends

a time within the memory of living persons.

a mental impression retained; a recollection

one's earliest memories.

the reputation of a person or thing, esp. after death; fame

a ruler of beloved memory.

the state or fact of being remembered.

a person, thing, event, fact, etc., remembered.

commemorative remembrance; commemoration

a monument in memory of Columbus.

the ability of certain materials to return to an original shape after deformation.

Also called computer memory , storage. Computers .

the capacity of a computer to store information subject to recall.

the components of the computer in which such information is stored.

Rhetoric . the step in the classical preparation of a speech in which the wording is memorized.

Cards . concentration ( def. 7 ) .

noun

amnesia , forgetfulness , ignorance , amnesic , ecmnesia. associatedwords: mnemonics , immemorial , immortalize , lethe , memorabilia , memorable , memorize , mnemonic , mnemonician , mnemosyne , mnemotechny , oblivion , phrenotypics , remember

noun

anamnesis , awareness , camera-eye , cognizance , consciousness , dead-eye , flashback , memorization , mind , mindfulness , mind’s eye , recall , recapture , recognition , recollection , reflection , remembrance , reminiscence , retention , retentiveness , retrospection , subconsciousness , thought , concept , cue , fantasy , hint , image , jog , memo , memoir , mnemonic , picture , prod , prompt , reminder , representation , suggestion , vision , hypermnesia , retrieval , rote