memory
/ˈmɛm.ə.ɹi/noun3 syllables
Memory means: an electronic memory device.
Synonyms for memory15
noun, as in an electronic memory device
noun, as in the power of retaining and recalling past experience
noun, as in the cognitive processes whereby past experience is remembered
What does memory mean?5
noun
an electronic memory device“a memory and the CPU form the central part of a computer to which peripherals are attached”
the power of retaining and recalling past experience“he had a good memory when he was younger”
the cognitive processes whereby past experience is remembered“he can do it from memory”
something that is remembered“search as he would, the memory was lost”
the area of cognitive psychology that studies memory processes“he taught a graduate course on learning and memory”
Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What rhymes with memory?1
three syllables
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Memory in a sentence
- The older we get, the weaker our memory becomes.CM
- The older we grow, the poorer our memory becomes.CM
- The older one grows, the weaker one's memory becomes.CM
- The older we become, the worse our memory gets.CK
- To the best of my memory, he always smoked a pipe.unknown
- Judy’s memory is patchy, her speech is slurred.PeterR
- This memory weighs, as a nightmare would, on my soul.belgavox
- Without the slightest doubt, the dream was a memory from a previous life.AlanF_US
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Forms of memory
as a noun
- plural
- memories