(memory) blank

  • 1blank — /blæŋk / (say blangk) adjective 1. (of paper, etc.) free from marks; not written or printed on. 2. not filled in: a blank cheque. 3. unrelieved or unbroken by ornament or opening: a blank wall. 4. lacking some usual or completing feature; empty.… …

  • 2blank — blank1 [ blæŋk ] adjective ** 1. ) showing no emotion or no sign of understanding something or recognizing someone: His eyes were blank and he barely responded to us. a blank look/expression/face 2. ) blank paper or a blank space is empty and… …

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  • 3blank — blankness, n. /blangk/, adj., blanker, blankest, n., v. adj. 1. (of paper or other writing surface) having no marks; not written or printed on: a blank sheet of paper. 2. not filled in, as a printed form: a blank check. 3. unrelieved or unbroken… …

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  • 4blank — [[t]blæ̱ŋk[/t]] blanks, blanking, blanked 1) ADJ Something that is blank has nothing on it. We could put some of the pictures over on that blank wall over there... He tore a blank page from his notebook. ...blank cassettes. 2) N COUNT A blank is… …

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  • 5blank — [[t]blæŋk[/t]] adj. blank•er, blank•est, n. v. 1) having no marks; not written or printed on: blank pages[/ex] 2) not filled in: a blank check[/ex] 3) unrelieved or unbroken by ornament or opening: a blank wall[/ex] 4) containing no recorded… …

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  • 6Memory inhibition — In psychology, memory inhibition is the ability not to remember irrelevant information. Memory inhibition is a critical component of an effective memory system. For example, imagine if, when a person tried to remember where he had parked his car …

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  • 8blank out — verb 1. be unable to remember I m drawing a blank You are blocking the name of your first wife! • Syn: ↑forget, ↑block, ↑draw a blank • Ant: ↑remember (for …

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  • 9blank out — phrasal verb Word forms blank out : present tense I/you/we/they blank out he/she/it blanks out present participle blanking out past tense blanked out past participle blanked out 1) [transitive] if you blank out a feeling, memory, warning etc, you …

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  • 10blank — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. empty, unfilled; vacant, vacuous, expressionless; unloaded. See nonexistence, insubstantiality, absence, formlessness. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Without writing or other marks] Syn. white, clear,… …

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