Memory (Noun)
Meaning 1
The power of retaining and recalling past experience; "he had a good memory when he was younger".
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Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents.
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- She had an exceptional memory for numbers and could recall her entire phonebook from memory.
- The smell of freshly baked cookies triggered a warm memory of her childhood.
- As she flipped through the old photo album, a flood of memories came rushing back to her.
- He struggled to recall the memory of his first day of school, but it remained frustratingly elusive.
- Her memory for songs was remarkable, and she could sing along to almost any tune from the 80s.
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Meaning 2
The cognitive processes whereby past experience is remembered; "he can do it from memory"; "he enjoyed remembering his father".
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Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents.
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Meaning 3
Something that is remembered; "search as he would, the memory was lost".
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Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents.
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Meaning 4
The area of cognitive psychology that studies memory processes; "he taught a graduate course on learning and memory".
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Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents.
Meaning 5
An electronic memory device; "a memory and the CPU form the central part of a computer to which peripherals are attached".
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Nouns denoting man-made objects.
Examples
- The computer's memory was upgraded to 16 GB to improve its performance.
- The smartphone's memory was almost full, so she had to delete some apps to free up space.
- The memory and the CPU form the central part of a computer to which peripherals are attached.
- The device's memory was designed to retain data even when the power was turned off.
- The computer's memory was accessed by the CPU to retrieve the instructions for the next operation.