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long memories

long memories is the plural of long memory.

Meaning of long memory

Noun

long memory (countable and uncountable, plural long memories)

  1. The ability to remember events that occurred a long time ago.
    • The Celtic race has a long memory, and the prospect of waging war in the insular Britain against the Saxon intruder may not have been without charms for the descendants of the Armorican exiles.1867, Edward Augustus Freeman, The History of the Norman Conquest of England, Its Causes and Its Results, Volume 3, page 210
  2. The act or habit of holding onto a grudge or grievance for a long period of time.

Questions about long memories

What is long memories the plural of?
Long memories is the plural of long memory.

Words near long memories in the dictionary

  1. long march through the institutions
  2. Long Marston
  3. Long Marton
  4. long measure
  5. Long Melford
  6. long memories
  7. long memory
  8. long meter
  9. long meters
  10. long mode
  11. long night moon

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