recollection
Recollection is either the process of remembering something or a specific memory.
If someone says, "To the best of my recollection, I never met Ted," they're saying they tried to remember Ted and couldn’t. Basically, your memory is your recollection. You can also say your memories are recollections. You could have a recollection of a baseball game on your birthday. If you know that collecting is to gather things, it makes sense that recollecting is like the process of gathering your memories.
Definitions of recollection
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the process of remembering (especially the process of recovering information by mental effort)
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synonyms:
recall, reminiscence
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types:
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mind
recall or remembrance
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reconstruction, reconstructive memory
recall that is hypothesized to work by storing abstract features which are then used to construct the memory during recall
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reproduction, reproductive memory
recall that is hypothesized to work by storing the original stimulus input and reproducing it during recall
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regurgitation
recall after rote memorization
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type of:
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memory, remembering
the cognitive processes whereby past experience is remembered
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the ability to recall past occurrences
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synonyms:
anamnesis, remembrance
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type of:
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memory, retention, retentiveness, retentivity
the power of retaining and recalling past experience
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memory, retention, retentiveness, retentivity
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something recalled to the mind
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memory
something that is remembered
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memory
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