Definition of memory

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Definition of memory

  • the power of retaining and recalling past experience (noun)

    Examples

    1. he had a good memory when he was younger

    Synonyms

    1. retention
    2. retentiveness
    3. retentivity
  • an electronic memory device (noun)

    Examples

    1. a memory and the CPU form the central part of a computer to which peripherals are attached

    Synonyms

    1. computer memory
    2. computer storage
    3. memory board
    4. storage
    5. store
  • the cognitive processes whereby past experience is remembered (noun)

    Examples

    1. he can do it from memory

    Synonyms

    1. remembering
  • something that is remembered (noun)

    Examples

    1. search as he would, the memory was lost
  • the area of cognitive psychology that studies memory processes (noun)

    Examples

    1. he taught a graduate course on learning and memory

See definition of memory in Merriam Webster