memory
US: /ˈmɛmɝi/
UK: /mˈɛməɹˌi/
English - Vietnamese dictionary
memory /'meməri/- danh từ
- sự nhớ, trí nhớ, ký ức
- to have a good memory: có trí nhớ tốt, nhớ lâu
- to commit to memory: nhớ, ghi nhớ
- within the memory of man; within living memory: trong khoảng thời gian mà loài người còn nhớ lại được
- kỷ niệm, sự tưởng nhớ
- to keep the memory of: giữ kỷ niệm của
- in memory of: để kỷ niệm, để tưởng nhớ tới
- sự nhớ, trí nhớ, ký ức
Advanced English dictionary
(plural memories)+ noun
ability to remember
1 [C, U] ~ (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. + I quickly committed the number of the car to memory (= learned and remembered it). + The drugs had a severe effect on her short-term memory.
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: 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). + Their behaviour insults the memory of those who died for this country.
computing
5 [C, U] the part of a computer where information is stored; the amount of space in a computer for storing information: a computer with 8 megabytes of memory + Have you got enough memory available to run the program?
See also -
Idioms: if (my) memory serves me well, correctly, etc. if I remember correctly
in memory of sb
to the memory of sb intended to show respect and remind people of sb who has died: He founded the charity in memory of his late wife. + The statue was erected to the memory of my father.
more at ETCH, JOG v., REFRESH, SIEVE n.
Thesaurus dictionary
n.
1 recall, recollection, retention:
My memory of the incident is very vivid. She has a poor memory for faces.
2 recollection, reminiscence, thought:
The interviewer was drawing on grandfather's memories of the 1920s.
3 remembrance, honour, homage, respect, tribute, celebration:
He wrote a sequence of poems in memory of a dear friend.
Collocation
1 ability to remember
ADJ.
excellent, good, long, prodigious, retentive | bad, poor, short | long-term, short-term
His short-term memory was damaged in the accident.
| visual
Bad spellers have a weak visual memory.
| photographic
VERB + MEMORY
jog, refresh
Seeing your name in the paper jogged my memory.
| lose
Most people start to lose their memory as they get older.
| commit sth to
I committed the number to memory and threw the letter away.
PREP.
from ~
He recited the whole poem from memory.
| ~ for
I have a good memory for faces.
PHRASES
in living/recent memory
the coldest winter in living memory
2 thought of the past
ADJ.
childhood, early
My earliest childhood memory is of falling in a pond in winter.
| dim, distant, fading, hazy, vague | clear, vivid | affectionate, fond, good, happy, lovely, nostalgic, pleasant, positive, precious, sweet, warm, wonderful | bitter-sweet | bad, bitter, disturbing, embarrassing, horrific, painful, sad, traumatic, unhappy, unpleasant | abiding, enduring, lasting, lingering
My abiding memory of our first meeting is of a girl too shy to talk.
VERB + MEMORY
bring back, evoke, rekindle, revive, stir (up) | blot out
He tried to blot out his memories of the ordeal.
MEMORY + VERB
come flooding back, flood back
When we visited my old family home, memories came flooding back.
| fade
PREP.
in ~ of
He planted some apple trees in memory of his wife.
| ~ from
Smells and tastes often evoke memories from the past.
| ~ of
fond memories of her childhood
Concise dictionary
memories'memrɪnoun
+something that is remembered
+the cognitive processes whereby past experience is remembered
+the power of retaining and recalling past experience
+an electronic memory device
+the area of cognitive psychology that studies memory processes
