memory
Syllables: mem·o·ryUK/ˈmɛm.ə.ɹi/
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pin pen merger/ˈmɪm.ə.ɹi/
memory noun: the ability of the brain to record information or impressions with the facility of recalling them later, usually at will.
Noun (1)
memory (countable and uncountable, plural memories)
- The ability of the brain to record information or impressions with the facility of recalling them later, usually at will.
- Memory is a facility common to all animals.
- And they say goldfish have no memory. I guess their lives are much like mine. And the little plastic castle is a surprise every time.1998, “Little Plastic Castle”, in Little Plastic Castle, performed by Ani DiFranco
- A record of a thing or an event stored and available for later use by an organism.
- I have no memory of that event.
- My wedding is one of my happiest memories.
- Synonyms:
- recall, recollection
- The part of a computer that stores variable executable code or data (RAM) or unalterable executable code or default data (ROM).
- 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.1987 July 27, Jerry Pournelle, “Law of Expanding Memory: Applications Will Also Expand Until RAM Is Full”, in InfoWorld, volume 9, number 30, InfoWorld Media Group Inc, page 46
- Synonyms:
- core
- The time within which past events can be or are remembered.
- in recent memory
- in living memory
- Of a material, which returns to its original shape when heated.
- memory metal
- memory plastic
- A memorial.
- These weeds are memories of those worser hours.c. 1603–1606, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of King Lear”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount...
- Synonym of pelmanism (“memory card game”).
- 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.2010 July 30, Paula Schwartz, “Lyndsea Cochrane and Ethan Cherkasky”, in The New York Times
- 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.2010, Jason Fincanon, “Advergaming and Applications”, in Flash Advertising: Flash Platform Development of Microsites, Advergames and Branded Applications, Burlington, MA: Focal Press, →ISBN, page 183
- Synonyms:
- pelmanism
- A term of venery for a social group of elephants, normally called a herd.
Noun (2) capitalized: Memory
Memory (uncountable)
- Alternative letter-case form of memory (“pelmanism”).
memory meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
memory in Hindi
- ability to recall
- स्मृति smŕti, याद yād, हाफ़िज़ा hāfizā
memory in Tamil
- ability to recall
- ஞாபகம் ñāpakam
- stored record
- ஞாபகம் ñāpakam
- RAM or ROM
- நினைவகம் niṉaivakam
memory in Marathi
- ability to recall
- आठवण āṭhvaṇ, स्मृती smŕtī
memory in Urdu
- ability to recall
- یاد yād, حافِظَہ hāfiza
More languagesFewer languages
- memory in Bengali
- স্মৃতি smriti, ইয়াদ iẏad
- memory in Telugu
- జ్ఞాపకము jñāpakamu
- memory in Malayalam
- ഓർമ്മശക്തി ōṟmmaśakti, ഓർമ്മ ōṟmma, മെമ്മറി memmaṟi
- memory in Kannada
- ನೆನಪು nenapu
- memory in Punjabi
- ਯਾਦ yād
- memory in Gujarati
- યાદ yād
- memory in Odia
- ସ୍ମୃତି smruti
- memory in Sanskrit
- स्मरणशक्ति smaraṇaśakti, स्मृति smṛti
- memory in Sinhala
- මතක mataka
- memory in Assamese
- স্মৃতি smriti
- memory in Nepali
- स्मृति smr̥ti
- memory in Pashto
- حافظه hāfezá, ياد yād
- memory in Tagalog
- alaala, memorya
- memory in Arabic
- ذَاكِرَة ḏākira, حَافِظَة ḥāfiẓa, ذِكْرَى ḏikrā
- memory in Malay
- ingatan, kenangan
- memory in Indonesian
- ingatan, memori
- memory in Thai
- ความจำ kwaam-jam, ความทรงจำ kwaam-song-jam
- memory in Vietnamese
- trí nhớ, kỷ niệm, kí ức, bộ nhớ
- memory in Myanmar
- မှတ်ဉာဏ် hmatnyan, စိတ်မှတ် cithmat
Examples of memory in a sentence
- You're getting short of memory because you have too many apps open.
- Seeing her brought the memories flooding back and tears to my eyes.
- The smell pulled a string that reawakened his memory of his grandmother's cooking.
Synonyms of memory
Antonyms
Forms of memory
| plural | memories |
|---|---|
| alternative form | memorie |
Origin of memory
From Anglo-Norman memorie, Old French memoire etc., from Latin memoria (“the faculty of remembering, remembrance, memory, a historical account”), from memor (“mindful, remembering”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)mer- (to remember), related to Ancient Greek μνήμη (mnḗmē, “memory”) μέρμερος (mérmeros, “anxious”), μέριμνα (mérimna, “care, thought”), Old English ġemimor (“mindful, remembering”). More at mimmer. Doublet of memoir and memoria. Displaced native Old English myne (whence English min) and Old English ġemynd, which took on a different meaning as modern mind.
Words formed from memory
- as memory serves
- base memory
- battery memory
- bubble memory
- buddy memory allocation
- childhood memory
- collective memory
- commit to memory
- constructive memory
- conventional memory
- core memory
- damnation of memory
- declarative memory
- DIP memory
- dynamic memory
- dynamic memory allocation
- dynamic random access memory
- echoic memory
- EDO memory
- eidetic memory
- episodic memory
- expanded memory
- extended memory
- extinction memory
- false memory
- false memory syndrome
- false-memory syndrome
- ferrite core memory
- flashbulb memory
- flash memory
- folk memory
- forgettery
- genetic memory
- have a short memory
- highly superior autobiographical memory
- high memory area
- if memory serves
- in living memory
- in memory of
- in recent memory
- institutional memory
- jog someone's memory
- living memory
- long memory
- long-term memory
- magnetic core memory
- main memory
- memcapacitance
- memcapacitor
- memex
- memoried
- memorist
- memory balloon
- memory ballooning
- memory barrier
- memory B cell
- memory box
- memory café
- memory care
- memory cartridge
Phrases with memory
- from memory
- memory cell
- memory chip
- memory core
- memory dump
- memory hole
- memory leak
- memory page
- memory root
- memory span
- memory unit
- race memory
105 more phrasesFewer phrases
- Memory Alpha
- memory boxes
- memory cafés
- memory cards
- memory cells
- memory chips
- memory cores
- memory drive
- memory dumps
- memory foams
- memory frame
- memory holes
- memory lanes
- memory leaks
- memory metal
- memory pages
- memory quilt
- memory spans
- memory stick
- memory units
- motor memory
- water memory
- memory drives
- memory effect
- memory jogger
- memory metals
- memory palace
- memory quilts
- memory safety
- memory sticks
- memory T cell
- muscle memory
- racial memory
- screen memory
- shadow memory
- memory B cells
- memory effects
- memory joggers
- memory journey
- memory palaces
- memory T cells
- primary memory
- sensory memory
- time of memory
- virtual memory
- working memory
- memory barriers
- memory enhancer
- memory journeys
- semantic memory
- times of memory
- volatile memory
- memory enhancers
- read only memory
- read-only memory
- recovered memory
- secondary memory
- selective memory
- commits to memory
- memory cartridges
- memory typewriter
- of blessed memory
- procedural memory
- short-term memory
- upper memory area
- write-only memory
- had a short memory
- has a short memory
- memory institution
- memory typewriters
- shape memory alloy
- translation memory
- committed to memory
- memory institutions
- memory like a sieve
- non-volatile memory
- photographic memory
- shape memory alloys
- committing to memory
- memory of a goldfish
- random access memory
- random-access memory
- retrospective memory
- semiconductor memory
- transactional memory
- within living memory
- having a short memory
- jogs someone's memory
- jogged someone's memory
- jogging someone's memory
- memory distrust syndrome
- refresh someone's memory
- static memory allocation
- static memory allocations
- dynamic memory allocations
- physical memory protection
- refreshed someone's memory
- refreshes someone's memory
- refreshing someone's memory
- static random access memory
- programmable read only memory
- programmable read-only memory
- resistive random access memory
- superior autobiographical memory
- non-volatile random access memory
Words that rhyme with memory
Questions about memory
- What does memory mean?
- Memory means the ability of the brain to record information or impressions with the facility of recalling them later, usually at will.
- What is memory in Hindi?
- Memory in Hindi is स्मृति (smŕti), याद (yād), हाफ़िज़ा (hāfizā). See Memory meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is memory?
- Memory is a noun.
- How do you pronounce memory?
- Memory is pronounced /ˈmɛm.ə.ɹi/ (UK).
- What is the plural of memory?
- The plural of memory is memories.
Words near memory in the dictionary
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