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Meaning of memory | Babel Free

Noun CEFR A2 Frequent
ˈmɛm.ə.ɹi

Definitions

  1. The ability of the brain to record information or impressions with the facility of recalling them later, usually at will.
    uncountable
  2. The ability of the brain to record information or impressions with the facility of recalling them later, usually at will
  3. Alternative letter-case form of memory (“pelmanism”).
    alt-of, uncountable
  4. A record of a thing or an event stored and available for later use by the organism.
    countable, uncountable
  5. A record of a thing or an event stored and available for later use by the organism
  6. a loss or lack of memory. — amnesiac, n. — amnesie, adj.
  7. souvenir
  8. The part of a computer that stores variable executable code or data (RAM) or unalterable executable code or default data (ROM).
    countable, uncountable
  9. The part of a computer that stores variable executable code or data (RAM) or unalterable executable code or default data (ROM)
  10. the occurrence in consciousness of images not recognized as produced by the memory and its storage of events and scènes. — cryptomnesic, adj.
  11. first-person singular present indicative of recordar
  12. The time within which past events can be or are remembered
  13. The time within which past events can be or are remembered.
    countable, uncountable
  14. Psychology. the illusion of having previously experienced something actually being encountered for the first time.
  15. Which returns to its original shape when heated
  16. any mnemonic device or aidememoire, especially a technical device.
  17. A memorial.
    countable, obsolete, uncountable
  18. the process or technique of improving, assisting, or developing the memory. Also called mnemotechnics. — mnemonic, adj.
  19. Synonym of pelmanism (“memory card game”).
    countable, uncountable
  20. the belief that every mental impression remains in the memory.
  21. A term of venery for a social group of elephants, normally called a herd.
    collective, countable, rare, uncountable
  22. Psychiatry. a distortion of memory in which fact and fancy are confused.
  23. A store for data or program instructions, made up of a main store and its backing store.
  24. to learn (something) so well that one can remember all of it without looking. She memorized the directions. memoriseer يَحْفَظ عن ظَهْر قَلْب наизустявам memorizar memorovat sich einprägen lære udenad αποστηθίζω aprender de memoria, memorizar pähe õppima به خاطر سپردن opetella ulkoa mémoriser לְשַׁנֵן याद करना pamtiti memorizál, bevés mengingat-ingat, menghafal leggja á minnið memorizzare, imparare a memoria 暗記する 암기하다 įsiminti, įsidėmėti iegaumēt mengingati uit het hoofd lerenlære utenatzapam...
  25. by remembering; without using a book etc for reference. He said the whole poem from memory. uit die hoof مِن الذاكِرَه по памет de cor zpaměti auswendig udenad από μνήμης de memoria peast از بر کردن ulkomuistista de mémoire מְהַזִיכָּרוֹן iz sjećanja kívülről luar kepala eftir minni a memoria そらで 기억을 더듬어 atmintinai, iš atminties no galvas dari ingatan uit het hoofdutenat, etter minnet z pamięci د ياده كول de cor din memorie по памяти naspamäť po spominu po sećanju ur minnet จากความจำ akıldan,...
    etc

Equivalents

Afrikaans geheue
العربية الذاكرة حافظة ذاكرة ذكرى
Azərbaycanca hafizə xatirə yaddaş
Беларуская памяць
Български памет спомен
Català memòria record
Čeština paměť vzpomínka
Cymraeg cof
Dansk hukommelse
Esperanto memoro
Español memoria recuerdo
Eesti mälu
Français mémoire souvenir
Gaeilge cuimhne
Gàidhlig cuimhne
ગુજરાતી યાદ
Bahasa Indonesia ingatan memori
Íslenska minni
Italiano memoria ricordo
Қазақша ес жад
ខ្មែរ សតិ
ಕನ್ನಡ ನೆನಪು
한국어 기억 메모리 추억 회상
Kurdî yat
Кыргызча эс
Latina memoria
Lëtzebuergesch Erënnerung Gediechtnes Memoire Späicher
Lietuvių atmintinė atmintis
Latviešu atmiņa
Bahasa Melayu ingatan kenangan
Malti memorja
မြန်မာဘာသာ စိတ်မှတ် မှတ်ဉာဏ်
Nederlands geheugen herinnering
پښتو ياد
Slovenčina pamäť spomienka
Slovenščina spomin
Kiswahili kumbukumbu
తెలుగు జ్ఞాపకము
Тоҷикӣ ёд зеҳн
Türkmençe ýat
Tagalog alaala memorya
Türkçe anı bellek hafıza hatır hatıra
ئۇيغۇرچە خاتىرە ياد
Українська згадка пам'ять спогад спо́мин
اردو حافظہ یاد
Oʻzbekcha xotira
Tiếng Việt bộ nhớ kí ức kỷ niệm trí nhớ

Examples

“Memory is a facility common to all animals.”
“I have no memory of that event.”
“My wedding is one of my happiest memories.”
“Sam and his friends will never forget the happy memories of the field trip to France.”
“This data passes from the CPU to the memory.”
“My first microcomputer had 12K of memory. When I expanded to a full 64K, I thought I had all the memory I'd ever need. Hah. I know better now.”
“in recent memory”
“in living memory”
“memory metal”
“memory plastic”
“These weeds are memories of those worser hours.”
“After he saw her a few more times, Mr. Cherkasky asked Ms. Cochrane out on a date in May 2008 to Central Park. He brought along some games to break the ice, and Ms. Cochrane brought cupcakes. They found a quiet place to sit and played Memory and Yahtzee, both of which were new to Ms. Cochrane.”
“One example of that would be a memory game that I originally worked on with a friend of mine at Ovrflo Media some time ago. If you aren't familiar with the game of memory, it's a matching game where you are presented with several cards in the facedown position.”

CEFR level

A2
Elementary
This word is part of the CEFR A2 vocabulary — elementary level.
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