remembering (noun)

  • 1remembering — noun the cognitive processes whereby past experience is remembered he can do it from memory he enjoyed remembering his father • Syn: ↑memory • Derivationally related forms: ↑remember, ↑memorize (for: ↑ …

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  • 2memory — (n.) mid 13c., recollection (of someone or something); awareness, consciousness, also fame, renown, reputation, from Anglo Fr. memorie (O.Fr. memoire, 11c., mind, memory, remembrance; memorial, record ) and directly from L. memoria memory,… …

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  • 3memory — noun (plural ries) Etymology: Middle English memorie, from Anglo French memoire, memorie, from Latin memoria, from memor mindful; akin to Old English gemimor well known, Greek mermēra care, Sanskrit smarati he remembers Date: 14th century 1. a.… …

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  • 4memory — noun (plural memories) 1》 the faculty by which the mind stores and remembers information: each child recited a verse from memory. 2》 something remembered.     ↘the remembering or commemoration of a dead person.     ↘the length of time over which… …

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  • 5short-term memory — noun what you can repeat immediately after perceiving it • Syn: ↑STM, ↑immediate memory • Hypernyms: ↑memory, ↑remembering * * * information retained in the brain and retrievable from it over a brief span of time (contrasted with long term… …

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  • 6recognition — noun 1 remembering/identifying sb/sth ADJECTIVE ▪ immediate, instant ▪ early, prompt ▪ the early recognition of a disease ▪ dawning …

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  • 7long-term memory — noun your general store of remembered information • Syn: ↑LTM • Hypernyms: ↑memory, ↑remembering • Hyponyms: ↑episodic memory, ↑personal memory, ↑semantic memory, ↑ …

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  • 8mental process — noun (psychology) the performance of some composite cognitive activity; an operation that affects mental contents the process of thinking the cognitive operation of remembering • Syn: ↑process, ↑cognitive process, ↑operation, ↑cognitive operation …

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  • 9cheat sheet — noun 1. : a sheet containing information (as test answers) used illicitly for one s advancement 2. : a written or graphic key or point of reference that helps in understanding or remembering something complex * * * n. informal a piece of paper… …

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  • 10cheat sheet — noun Date: circa 1957 1. a sheet containing information (as test answers) used secretly for cheating 2. a written or graphic aid (as a sheet of notes) that can be referred to for help in understanding or remembering something complex …

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