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memory noun [ ˈmɛm(ə)ri ]

• the faculty by which the mind stores and remembers information.
• "I've a great memory for faces"
• something remembered from the past.
• "one of my earliest memories is of sitting on his knee"
Similar: recollection, remembrance, reminiscence, evocation, reminder, souvenir, echo, impression,
• the part of a computer in which data or program instructions can be stored for retrieval.
Similar: memory bank, store, cache, disk, RAM, ROM,
Origin: Middle English: from Old French memorie, from Latin memoria, from memor ‘mindful, remembering’.

from memory

• without reading or referring to notes.
"each child was required to recite a verse from memory"

in memory of

• intended to honour and remind people of (a dead person).
"a prayer in memory of the deceased"

take a trip down memory lane

• indulge in pleasant or sentimental memories.



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