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Anticipation of movement, through muscular innervation and memory, by its retention of nerve impulse images, extend the present to the limit of a second or so.
John Desmond Bernal

Meaning of "memory" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD MEMORY

From Old French memorie, from Latin memoria, from memor mindful.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF MEMORY

memory  [ˈmɛmərɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF MEMORY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Memory is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES MEMORY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

memory

Memory

In psychology, memory is the process in which information is encoded, stored, and retrieved. Encoding allows information that is from the outside world to reach our senses in the forms of chemical and physical stimuli. In this first stage we must change the information so that we may put the memory into the encoding process. Storage is the second memory stage or process. This entails that we maintain information over periods of time. Finally the third process is the retrieval of information that we have stored. We must locate it and return it to our consciousness. Some retrieval attempts may be effortless due to the type of information. From an information processing perspective there are three main stages in the formation and retrieval of memory: ▪ Encoding or registration: receiving, processing and combining of received information ▪ Storage: creation of a permanent record of the encoded information ▪ Retrieval, recall or recollection: calling back the stored information in response to some cue for use in a process or activity The loss of memory is described as forgetfulness or, as a medical disorder, amnesia.

Definition of memory in the English dictionary

The first definition of memory in the dictionary is the ability of the mind to store and recall past sensations, thoughts, knowledge, etc. Other definition of memory is the part of the brain that appears to have this function. Memory is also the sum of everything retained by the mind.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH MEMORY


armory
ˈɑːmərɪ
armoury
ˈɑːmərɪ
costumery
kɒˈstjuːmərɪ
creamery
ˈkriːmərɪ
customary
ˈkʌstəmərɪ
emery
ˈɛmərɪ
farmery
ˈfɑːmərɪ
gendarmerie
ʒɒnˈdɑːmərɪ
infirmary
ɪnˈfɜːmərɪ
mammary
ˈmæmərɪ
Montgomery
məntˈɡʌmərɪ
mummery
ˈmʌmərɪ
palmary
ˈpælmərɪ
perfumery
pəˈfjuːmərɪ
primary
ˈpraɪmərɪ
rosemary
ˈrəʊzmərɪ
shimmery
ˈʃɪmərɪ
stemmery
ˈstɛmərɪ
summary
ˈsʌmərɪ
summery
ˈsʌmərɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE MEMORY

memorisation
memorise
memoriser
memoriter
memorizable
memorization
memorize
memorizer
memory bank
memory capacity
memory card
memory chip
memory foam
memory lane
memory like a sieve
memory loss
memory mapping
memory span
Memory Stick
memory trace

WORDS THAT END LIKE MEMORY

buffer memory
cache memory
collective memory
commit to memory
episodic memory
erasable programmable read only memory
extended memory
long-term memory
main memory
nonvolatile memory
photographic memory
random access memory
read only memory
read-write memory
screen memory
selective memory
semantic memory
short-term memory
video memory
virtual memory
working memory

Synonyms and antonyms of memory in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «MEMORY»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «memory» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of memory

Translation of «memory» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF MEMORY

Find out the translation of memory to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of memory from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «memory» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

记忆
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

memoria
570 millions of speakers

English

memory
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

स्मृति
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

ذَاكِرَة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

память
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

memória
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

স্মৃতি
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

mémoire
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Ingatan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Gedächtnis
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

記憶
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

기억력
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Memori
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

trí nhớ
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

நினைவக
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

मेमरी
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

bellek
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

memoria
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

pamięć
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

пам´ять
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

memorie
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

μνήμη
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

geheue
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

minne
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

minne
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of memory

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «MEMORY»

The term «memory» is very widely used and occupies the 2.388 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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Principal search tendencies and common uses of memory
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «MEMORY» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «memory» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «memory» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about memory

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10 QUOTES WITH «MEMORY»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word memory.
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Lord Acton
History is not a burden on the memory but an illumination of the soul.
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Casey Affleck
The four movies I can remember seeing as a kid were 'The Elephant Man,' 'The Magnificent Seven,' 'The Good, The Bad and The Ugly' and 'Mad Max!' Two of those are westerns. So the western genre is emblazoned on my memory from childhood, and those are two great movies.
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Loni Anderson
My memory of my mom is a wine glass in one hand and a cigarette in the other. She was a runway fashion model, and she was quite a glamorous woman.
4
Bob Barr
It is not just software glitches and corrupted memory cards that should be on the minds of election officials. Hackers pose another very real problem whereby an election could be tilted towards a favored candidate.
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Augusto Roa Bastos
The things that have come into being change continually. The man with a good memory remembers nothing because he forgets nothing.
6
Gordon Bell
People have no memory of phone numbers now because of the cell phone - their address book is in a cell phone.
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John Desmond Bernal
Anticipation of movement, through muscular innervation and memory, by its retention of nerve impulse images, extend the present to the limit of a second or so.
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Wendell Berry
Whether we or our politicians know it or not, Nature is party to all our deals and decisions, and she has more votes, a longer memory, and a sterner sense of justice than we do.
9
Tony Buzan
Mind mapping is a technique based on memory and creativity and comprehension and understanding, so when the student or a child uses the mind map, they are using their brain in the way their brain was designed to be used, and so the mind helps them in all learning and cognitive skills. It simply helps them in what the brain does naturally.
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John Cameron
Many Nobel Prizes are awaiting good research to understand and explain the many mysteries of our bodies, such as the basic mechanism of memory or imagination.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «MEMORY»

Discover the use of memory in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to memory and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Memory Book: The Classic Guide to Improving Your Memory ...
From the Paperback edition.
Harry Lorayne, Jerry Lucas, 2012
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Memory
This collection exposes the falseness of such a dichotomy, illustrating the insights into memory which can be gained by juxtaposing the complementary perspectives of specialists venturing beyond the normal boundaries of their disciplines.
Patricia Fara, Karalyn Patterson, 1998
3
Memory: Histories, Theories, Debates
These essays survey the histories, the theories and the fault lines that compose the field of memory research.
Susannah Radstone, Bill Schwarz, 2010
4
One Line a Day: A Five Year Memory Book
This classic memorykeeper is the perfect way to track the ups and downs of life, day by day.
CHRONICLE BOOKS LLC, Chronicle Books Staff, 2009
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Multidirectional Memory: Remembering the Holocaust in the ...
Multidirectional Memory brings together Holocaust studies and postcolonial studies for the first time to put forward a new theory of cultural memory and uncover an unacknowledged tradition of exchange between the legacies of genocide and ...
Michael Rothberg, 2009
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You Can Have an Amazing Memory
Never forget a name or a number again! Dominic O'Brien is legendary for winning the World Memory Championship eight times and outwitting the casinos of Las Vegas to win a fortune at blackjack.
Dominic O'Brien, 2011
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Memory: The Key to Consciousness
Originally published: Washington D.C.: Joseph Henry Press, 2005.
Richard F. Thompson, Stephen A. Madigan, 2007
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Memory: Phenomena, Experiment and Theory
Here, as elsewhere in the book, particular attention is paid to the relevance of clinical observations in the development of theory. Concepts of retrieval are described in some detail with a broad account of contextual influences on memory.
Alan J. Parkin, 1993
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The Book of Memory: A Study of Memory in Medieval Culture
A fully revised and updated edition of this influential work of scholarship.
Mary Carruthers, 2008
10
In the Mirror of Memory: Reflections on Mindfulness and ...
This book studies the diverse array of species of memory in Buddhism. Contributors focus on a particular school, group of texts, terms, or practices and identify a considerable range of types of mnemonic faculties in Buddhism.
Janet Gyatso, 1992

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «MEMORY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term memory is used in the context of the following news items.
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Women with mild memory problem worsen faster than men, study says
WASHINGTON — Older women with mild memory impairment worsened about twice as fast as men, says new research that illustrates the ... «SFGate, Jul 15»
2
The science of why music improves our memory and verbal …
Musical training has shown to lead to improvements in a wide variety of different skills, including memory and spatial learning for example. «Washington Post, Jul 15»
3
Total recall: musical feats of memory - The Irish Times
Memory is suddenly in the air. Last Thursday in The Irish Times Siobhán Long discussed the Clare Memory Orchestra with its founder, ... «Irish Times, Jul 15»
4
Alzheimers Taranaki secures brain specialist Richard Faull for … - Stuff
Taranaki will welcome back one of its own when it joins 22 other centres around the country holding a Memory Walk for dementia. «Taranaki Daily News, Jul 15»
5
Watch: Colin Kaepernick's comic-book childhood memory - San …
In a new video released by ESPN, illustrated in the style of a comic book, Kaepernick recalls a formative memory from his childhood when his ... «San Jose Mercury News, Jul 15»
6
Is your smartphone wrecking your memory? - Fortune
A new study says more than 90% of us count on our devices to recall information and find facts that our brains used to store. Quick—if you have ... «Fortune, Jul 15»
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U.S. Capitol Flags Lowered in Memory of Tennessee Victims - US …
WASHINGTON (AP) — The flags at the U.S. Capitol have been lowered to half-staff to honor the five service members killed in Chattanooga, ... «U.S. News & World Report, Jul 15»
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Fredericton family plans new playground in young son's memory
Now Wright and his family continue to heal, they're working on plans to give back while honouring Jackson's memory, and remembering how ... «CTV News, Jul 15»
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Women and Memory Loss Video - ABC News
Women and Memory Loss. More. Studies find that women with impaired memory worsen almost twice as fast as men. 0:58 | 07/21/15 ... «ABC News, Jul 15»
10
Ten great ways to boost your memory - BelfastTelegraph.co.uk
We expect too much of our memory, says Professor William O'Connor, Head of Teaching and Research in Physiology at the Graduate Entry ... «Belfast Telegraph, Jul 15»

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