recollection

/,rekə'lekʃn/

Thân thiện

She paused, a fond recollection of her grandmother's garden coming to mind.

Definition

1. Noun:
   • Something recalled to the mind: An individual memory, image, or thought that is brought back from the past.
   • The process of remembering: The mental action or faculty of retrieving stored information or past experiences.
   • The ability to recall past occurrences: The capacity or power of memory.

Examples of Usage

• Noun (Something recalled):
  • My earliest recollection is of learning to ride a bicycle.
  • She shared a fond recollection of her grandmother.
• Noun (The process/ability):
  • The recollection of those events is painful for him.
  • His recollection of historical dates is impressive.

Advanced Usage

• "To have a dim/vague recollection of something": To remember something only unclearly or indistinctly.
  • I have only a dim recollection of our family's old house.
• "To have no recollection of something": To have no memory of something at all.
  • He claims to have no recollection of the accident.
• "To the best of my recollection": Used to indicate that what one is saying is based on one's memory, which may not be perfect.
  • To the best of my recollection, the meeting was scheduled for Tuesday.

Variants and Related Words

• Recollect (verb): To remember something; to bring back to the level of conscious awareness.
  • I cannot recollect where I put my keys.
• Recollective (adjective): Pertaining to or having the power of recollection.
  • The smell was highly recollective of my childhood.

Synonyms

• Memory: Something remembered from the past; the faculty of remembering.
• Remembrance: The action of remembering; a memory.
• Recall: The action or faculty of remembering something learned or experienced.

Idioms and Phrases

• "Within/beyond (one's) recollection": Within (or outside of) the period one can remember.
  • That ancient tradition is beyond my recollection.
  • The last major earthquake here is within my recollection.

Học thuật

Noun

1. something recalled to the mind
2. the process of remembering (especially the process of recovering information by mental effort)
   • he has total recall of the episode
3. the ability to recall past occurrences

Từ đồng nghĩa

• recall
• reminiscence
• remembrance
• anamnesis