memory

mem-o-ry · noun

imported

Definitions

noun

  1. 1.

    The faculty by which the mind stores and remembers information.

  2. 2.

    Something remembered from the past; a recollection.

  3. 3.

    The length of time over which people continue to remember something.

  4. 4.

    The part of a computer in which data is stored.

  5. 5.

    A person's reputation after death.

Forms

plural: memories

Related words

Antonyms: amnesia, forgetfulness
See also: recall, recollection, remembrance
Synonyms: recall, recollection, remembrance

Etymology

From Anglo-French "memorie," from Latin "memoria" meaning "memory, remembrance," from "memor" (mindful, remembering). Related to "remember" and "commemorate."