Memory | Mean of memory in English Dictionary

/ˈmɛməri/

• Noun
• the power or process of remembering what has been learned
1. He began to lose his memory as he grew older.
2. He has an excellent memory for faces. [=he is very good at remembering faces]
3. Those people have long memories. [=they remember things that happened long ago]
4. She has a short memory. [=she forgets things quickly]
5. Dad has a selective memory: he remembers the times he was right and forgets the times he was wrong.
6. They claim that these pills can improve (the) memory.
7. short-term/long-term memory
8. He committed the speech to memory. [=he memorized the speech]
9. If memory serves (me rightly/correctly), his name is John. [=if I remember accurately, his name is John]
• something that is remembered
1. We have pleasant memories of the trip.
2. trying to repress bitter/painful memories
3. childhood memories
4. His name evokes memories of a happier time.
5. That time is just a dim/faint memory to me now.
• the things learned and kept in the mind
1. The happiness of those times is still vivid in my memory.
2. Her name has faded from memory.
3. I seem to have very little memory of that time in my life.
4. Her name has faded from my memory. [=I cannot remember her name]
5. That tragic day has become part of our collective memory. [=it is something that we all remember]
6. He has no memory of what happened. [=he does not remember what happened]
7. I can't remember exactly how much it costs. Could you refresh my memory? [=remind me]
8. The sudden shock jogged his memory and everything came flooding back into his mind.

• the things that are remembered about a person who has died
1. Even though he is no longer with us, his memory lives on. [=we still remember him]
• the period of time that a person can remember
1. These events occurred within their memory. [=occurred during the time that they can remember]
2. These events occurred within living memory.
3. The harbor froze over for the first time in (modern/recent) memory.
• capacity for storing information
1. a computer with 512MB of memory
2. The computer needs more memory.
• the part of a computer in which information is stored
1. information stored in memory
• without reading or looking at notes
1. She delivered the speech (entirely) from memory.
2. He played the entire piece from memory.
3. She can recite from memory the capitals of all the states of the U.S.
• made or done to honor someone who has died
1. The monument is in memory of the soldiers who died in battle on this field.
2. He donated the painting in his wife's memory.