Antonyms for memory
Grammar : Noun |
Spell : mem-uh-ree |
Phonetic Transcription : ˈmɛm ə ri |
Definition of memory
Origin :- mid-13c., "recollection (of someone or something); awareness, consciousness," also "fame, renown, reputation," from Anglo-French memorie (Old French memoire, 11c., "mind, memory, remembrance; memorial, record") and directly from Latin memoria "memory, remembrance, faculty of remembering," noun of quality from memor "mindful, remembering," from PIE root *(s)mer- "to remember" (Sanskrit smarati "remembers," Avestan mimara "mindful;" Greek merimna "care, thought," mermeros "causing anxiety, mischievous, baneful;" Serbo-Croatian mariti "to care for;" Welsh marth "sadness, anxiety;" Old Norse Mimir, name of the giant who guards the Well of Wisdom; Old English gemimor "known," murnan "mourn, remember sorrowfully;" Dutch mijmeren "to ponder"). Meaning "faculty of remembering" is late 14c. in English.
- I am grown old and my memory is not as active as it used to be. When I was younger I could remember anything, whether it had happened or not; but my faculties are decaying now and soon I shall be so I cannot remember any but the things that never happened. It is sad to go to pieces like this, but we all have to do it. [Mark Twain, "Autobiography"]
- Computer sense, "device which stores information," is from 1946. Related: Memories.
- noun ability to hold in the mind
- noun specific thing remembered
- It is a tribute to the memory and worth of one of his early friends at Eton.
- Extract from : « The Grand Old Man » by Richard B. Cook
- Some one has said of Mr. Gladstone that his memory was "terrible."
- Extract from : « The Grand Old Man » by Richard B. Cook
- It was out of this anger, oddly enough, that the memory of the girl came to him.
- Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand
- It is contemplated to erect a monument, by subscription, to Mr. Fessenden's memory.
- Extract from : « Biographical Sketches » by Nathaniel Hawthorne
- It was the music of climes where sorrow is but the memory of that which has been turned into joy.
- Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald
- Boys were flogged at boundaries, to impress the boundaries on their memory.
- Extract from : « A Treatise on Parents and Children » by George Bernard Shaw
- When he had only kissed her arm—He trembled a little at the memory.
- Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart
- Max had roused at the sound of Le Moyne's voice, not to suspicion, of course, but to memory.
- Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart
- Madam, you have interrupted me in the middle of my period, and have troubled my memory.
- Extract from : « The Imaginary Invalid » by Molire
- The kivas opened downward from a hole in the roof in memory of Shipapu.
- Extract from : « The Trail Book » by Mary Austin
Synonyms for memory
- anamnesis
- awareness
- camera-eye
- cognizance
- concept
- consciousness
- cue
- dead-eye
- fantasy
- flashback
- hint
- image
- jog
- memo
- memoir
- memorization
- mind
- mind's eye
- mindfulness
- mnemonic
- picture
- prod
- prompt
- recall
- recapture
- recognition
- recollection
- reflection
- remembrance
- reminder
- reminiscence
- representation
- retention
- retentiveness
- retrospection
- subconsciousness
- suggestion
- thought
- vision
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