recollection
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3.8
- noun
- /ˌrɛkəˈlɛkʃən/
:
recuerdo
- I have a clear recollection of visiting my grandparents during the summer.
- vivid recollection
- memories and recollections
- recollections of the past
I don't have a recollection of a first.
- I don't have a recollection of a first.
- I, I have a, a, a recollection of talking to him once in his home.
- The original training was six weeks, best of my recollection.
- And if it's possible at all for you to allow that to become part of your recollection of your unpleasant childhood.
- She then is fuzzy on what the details are, but she has a clear recollection of being in his hotel room.
- So that moment just sticks out for me as something that's like my first real recollection of the Olympics and what it was.
- Now you have a terrible recollection in the past, like terrible.
- You know, we did this and I I don't have much for recollection, but he's been very interested.
- I faces, I, I have a strong recollection of faces and, and facial recognition.
Examples
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She has absolutely no recollection.
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I know I did it but I have no recollection of the event.
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I, I have a, a, a recollection of talking to him once in his home.
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And do you have any recollection of what just happened?
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Now, in the morning, they had no recollection of it.
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Walk me through your time with them to the very best of your recollection.
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I was shocked at his recollection of how little the military did for him.
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Is there anything I could show you that might help refresh your recollection?
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So that moment just sticks out for me as something that's like my first real recollection of the Olympics and what it was.
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Early memories, or early recollections, and their lingering effects have long been studied.
Academic text (2011)
Synonyms
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1.3
A thing you remember from the past
25
2.8
Ability to remember things you learned
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3.9
The ability to remember people, events, or information
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6.0
A memory of something from the past
2
3.8
An event from a person's life that they can remember
1
1.0
Thinking about events or experiences from the past
1
6.3
The ability to remember specific events from your own life with their details
The ability to remember events from the past
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Etymology
The word recollection comes from the parts re- meaning 'again' and collect meaning 'gather', the same root as the common word collect. So a recollection is like 'gathering' memories again, meaning a memory or the act of remembering something from the past.