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memory

/ˈmɛm(ə)ɹi/

Meanings
noun
The ability of the brain to record information or impressions with the facility of recalling them later at will.

Examples :

"Memory is a facility common to all animals."
mind ability physiology human essential

Related Words

Illustration remembered

remembered verb

/ɹɪˈmɛmbəd/ /ɹɪˈmɛmbɚd/

To reconstitute or reassemble that which has been dismembered.

"After the storm scattered the pieces of the model airplane, the child carefully remembered how they fit together. "

Illustration executable

executable noun

/ˈɛksɪkjuːtəbl/

A file that can be run directly by a computer's hardware or a p-code interpreter with no further processing.

"The program as written by the programmer is generally processed into an executable that can be run."

Illustration recalling

recalling verb

/ɹɪˈkɔːlɪŋ/

To withdraw, retract (one's words etc.); to revoke (an order).

"The manager, realizing his mistake, is recalling the memo that announced pay cuts. "

Illustration sacrifice

sacrifice noun

/ˈsækɹɪfaɪs/

The offering of anything to a god; a consecratory rite.

"The family made a sacrifice to the local god of harvest, offering a basket of fresh fruit. "

Illustration facility

facility noun

/fəˈsɪlɪti/

The fact of being easy, or easily done; absence of difficulty, simplicity.

"The new math curriculum has a facility in explaining fractions, making it easy for students to grasp the concept. "

Illustration impressions

impressions noun

/ɪmˈpɹɛʃənz/

The indentation or depression made by the pressure of one object on or into another.

"His head made an impression on the pillow."

Illustration collective

collective noun

/kəˈlɛktɪv/

A farm owned by a collection of people

"The collective was struggling to afford new equipment for the farm. "

Illustration unalterable

unalterable adjective

/ʌnˈɔltərəbəl/ /ˌʌnˈɔltərəbəl/

Incapable of changing or being altered

"The rules of the game are unalterable; we must follow them exactly as they are written. "

Illustration available

available adjective

/əˈveɪləb(ə)l/

Such as one may avail oneself of; capable of being used for the accomplishment of a purpose.

"We have an available candidate."

Illustration firefighters

firefighters noun

/ˈfaɪərfaɪtərz/ /ˈfaɪərfaɪɾərz/

A person who puts out fires.

"The firefighters rescued a cat from the burning building. "

Illustration elephants

elephants noun

/ˈelɪfənts/

A mammal of the order Proboscidea, having a trunk, and two large ivory tusks jutting from the upper jaw.

"Original Sentence: "At the zoo, we saw elephants with their long trunks drinking water and using their tusks to dig in the dirt." "

Illustration information

information noun

/ˌɪnfəˈmeɪʃən/ /ˌɪnfəɹˈmeɪʃən/

That which resolves uncertainty; anything that answers the question of "what a given entity is".

"The information about the project deadline resolved my uncertainty; now I know what needs to be completed. "