memory
(noun)
noun
1. something that is remembered
- search as he would, the memory was lost
Definition categories: thought, representation
2. the cognitive processes whereby past experience is remembered
- he can do it from memory
Similar word(s): remembering
Definition categories: thought
3. the power of retaining and recalling past experience
- he had a good memory when he was younger
Similar word(s): retention, retentiveness, retentivity
Definition categories: thought, faculty, module
4. an electronic memory device
- a memory and the CPU form the central part of a computer to which peripherals are attached
Similar word(s): storage, store
Definition categories: man–made, hardware
5. the area of cognitive psychology that studies memory processes
- he taught a graduate course on learning and memory
Definition categories: thought
Sentences with memory as a noun:
- Memory is a facility common to all animals.
- I have no memory of that event.
- This data passes from the CPU to the memory.
- in recent memory; in living memory
- Memory metal; memory plastic.