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memory
noun
1 memory
Something that is remembered.
Roget 122:
the past,
past time;
days of yore,
times of yore,
days of old,
times of old,
days past,
times past,
days gone by,
times gone by;
bygone days;
old times,
ancient times,
former times;
fore time;
the good old days,
the olden time,
good old time;
auld lang syne†;
eld†.
antiquity,
antiqueness†,
status quo;
time immemorial;
distance of time;
remote age,
remote time;
remote past;
rust of antiquity.
[study of the past]
paleontology,
paleography,
paleology†;
paleozoology;
palaetiology†,
archaeology;
paleogeography;
paleoecology;
paleobotany;
paleoclimatoogy;
archaism,
antiquarianism,
medievalism,
Pre-Raphaelitism;
paleography.
retrospect,
retrospection,
looking back,
memory
etc.
505.
laudator temporis acti [Lat.];
medievalist,
Pre-Raphaelite;
antiquary,
antiquarian;
archmologist
&c.;
Oldbuck,
Dryasdust.
ancestry
etc.
(paternity)
166.
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Roget 465b:
identification,
recognition,
diagnosis,
match;
apperception,
assimilation;
dereplication;
classification;
memory
etc.
505;
interpretation
etc.
522;
cognizance
(knowledge)
490.
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Roget 873:
distinction,
mark,
name,
figure;
repute,
reputation;
good repute,
high repute;
note,
notability,
notoriety,
eclat,
the bubble reputation"
[As You Like It],
vogue,
celebrity;
fame,
famousness;
renown;
popularity,
aura popularis [Lat.];
approbation
etc.
931;
credit,
succes d'estime [Fr.],
prestige,
talk of the town;
name to conjure with.
glory,
honor;
luster
etc.
(light)
420;
illustriousness
etc.
adj..
account,
regard,
respect;
reputableness
etc.
adj.†;
respectability
etc.
(probity)
939;
good name,
good report;
fair name.
dignity;
stateliness
etc.
adj.;
solemnity,
grandeur,
splendor,
nobility,
majesty,
sublimity.
rank,
standing,
brevet rank,
precedence,
pas,
station,
place,
status;
position,
position in society;
order,
degree,
baccalaureate,
locus standi [Lat.],
caste,
condition.
greatness
etc.
adj.;
eminence;
height
etc.
206;
importance
etc.
642;
preeminence,
supereminence;
high mightiness,
primacy;
top of the ladder,
top of the tree.
elevation;
ascent
etc.
305;
superaltation†,
exaltation;
dignification†,
aggrandizement.
dedication,
consecration,
enthronement,
canonization,
celebration,
enshrinement,
glorification.
hero,
man of mark,
great card,
celebrity,
worthy,
lion,
rara avis [Lat.],
notability,
somebody;
classman†;
man of rank
etc.
(nobleman)
875;
pillar of the state,
pillar of the church,
pillar of the community.
chief
etc.
(master)
745;
first fiddle
etc.
(proficient)
700;
cynosure,
mirror;
flower,
pink,
pearl;
paragon
etc.
(perfection)
650;
choice and master spirits of the age;
elite;
star,
sun,
constellation,
galaxy.
ornament,
honor,
feather in one's cap,
halo,
aureole,
nimbus;
halo of glory,
blaze of glory,
blushing honors;
laurels
etc.
(trophy)
733.
memory,
posthumous fame,
niche in the temple of fame;
immortality,
immortal name;
magni nominis umbra [Lat.]
[Lucan].
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Dutch: herinnering, reminiscentie
Polish: pamięć
2 memory
The cognitive processes whereby past experience is remembered:
— He can do it from memory.
synonym: remembering.
Dutch: nagedachtenis
Polish: pamięć
3 memory
The power of retaining and recalling past experience:
— He had a good memory when he was younger.
synonyms: retention, retentiveness, retentivity.
Roget 505:
memory,
remembrance;
retention,
retentiveness;
tenacity;
veteris vestigia flammae [Lat.];
tablets of the memory;
readiness.
reminiscence,
recognition,
recollection,
rememoration†;
recurrence,
flashback;
retrospect,
retrospection.
afterthought,
post script,
PS.
suggestion
etc.
(information)
527;
prompting
etc.
v.;
hint,
reminder;
remembrancer†,
flapper;
memorial
etc.
(record)
551;
commemoration
etc.
(celebration)
883.
[written reminder]
note,
memo,
memorandum;
things to be remembered,
token of remembrance,
memento,
souvenir,
keepsake,
relic,
memorabilia.
art of memory,
artificial memory;
memoria technica [Lat.];
mnemonics,
mnemotechnics†;
phrenotypics†;
Mnemosyne.
prompt-book;
crib sheet,
cheat sheet.
retentive memory,
tenacious memory,
photographic memory,
green memory†,
trustworthy memory,
capacious memory,
faithful memory,
correct memory,
exact memory,
ready memory,
prompt memory,
accurate recollection;
perfect memory,
total recall.
celebrity,
fame,
renown,
reputation
etc.
(repute)
873.
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Dutch: geheugen, herinnering, herinneringsvermogen, memorie
4 memory
5 memory
The area of cognitive psychology that studies memory processes.
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