Download the app
educalingo
Search
The past is malleable and flexible, changing as our recollection interprets and re-explains what has happened.
Peter L. Berger

Meaning of "recollection" in the English dictionary

Dictionary
DICTIONARY
section

PRONUNCIATION OF RECOLLECTION

recollection  [ˌrɛkəˈlɛkʃən] play
facebooktwitterpinterestwhatsapp

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF RECOLLECTION

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Recollection 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 RECOLLECTION MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Recall (memory)

Recall in memory refers to the retrieval of events or information from the past. Along with encoding and storage, it is one of the three core processes of memory. There are three main types of recall: free recall, cued recall and serial recall. Psychologists test these forms of recall as a way to study the memory processes of humans and animals. Two main theories of the process of recall are the Two-Stage Theory and the theory of Encoding Specificity.

Definition of recollection in the English dictionary

The definition of recollection in the dictionary is the act of recalling something from memory; the ability to remember. Other definition of recollection is something remembered; a memory.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH RECOLLECTION


bilection
baɪˈlɛkʃən
bolection
bəʊˈlɛkʃən
collection
kəˈlɛkʃən
complexion
kəmˈplɛkʃən
deflection
dɪˈflɛkʃən
election
ɪˈlɛkʃən
flexion
ˈflɛkʃən
inflection
ɪnˈflɛkʃən
intellection
ˌɪntɪˈlɛkʃən
lection
ˈlɛkʃən
misrecollection
ˌmɪsˌrɛkəˈlɛkʃən
nonelection
ˌnɒnɪˈlɛkʃən
postelection
ˌpəʊstɪˈlɛkʃən
predilection
ˌpriːdɪˈlɛkʃən
prelection
prɪˈlɛkʃən
reflection
rɪˈflɛkʃən
reflexion
rɪˈflɛkʃən
reselection
riːsɪˈlɛkʃən
selection
sɪˈlɛkʃən
subintellection
ˌsʌbɪntɪˈlɛkʃən

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE RECOLLECTION

recognizer
recognizor
recoil
recoiler
recoilless
recoin
recoinage
recollect
recollectedly
recollectedness
recollective
recollectively
recolonisation
recolonise
recolonization
recolonize
recolor
recolour
recombinant
recombinant DNA

WORDS THAT END LIKE RECOLLECTION

accreditation
action
attraction
auction
connection
construction
correction
course of action
detection
direction
fiction
function
inspection
instruction
introduction
production
protection
reaction
satisfaction
section
transaction

Synonyms and antonyms of recollection in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «RECOLLECTION»

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

Translation of «recollection» into 25 languages

TRANSLATOR
online translator

TRANSLATION OF RECOLLECTION

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

Translator English - Chinese

记忆
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

recuerdo
570 millions of speakers

English

recollection
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

स्मरणशक्ति
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

تذكر
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

воспоминание
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

recordação
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

টনক
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

souvenir
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

mengumpul semula
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Erinnerung
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

記憶
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

회상
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Recollection
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

hồi ức
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

மறுதொகுப்பை
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

आठवणी
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

hatırlama
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

ricordo
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

wspomnienie
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

спогад
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

amintire
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ανάμνηση
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

herinnering
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

erinring
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

erindring
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of recollection

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «RECOLLECTION»

The term «recollection» is quite widely used and occupies the 36.245 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
0
100%
FREQUENCY
Quite widely used
83
/100
The map shown above gives the frequency of use of the term «recollection» in the different countries.
Principal search tendencies and common uses of recollection
List of principal searches undertaken by users to access our English online dictionary and most widely used expressions with the word «recollection».

FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «RECOLLECTION» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «recollection» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «recollection» 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 recollection

EXAMPLES

10 QUOTES WITH «RECOLLECTION»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word recollection.
1
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Non-fiction, and in particular the literary memoir, the stylised recollection of personal experience, is often as much about character and story and emotion as fiction is.
2
William Bartram
On the recollection of so many and great favours and blessings, I now, with a high sense of gratitude, presume to offer up my sincere thanks to the Almighty, the Creator and Preserver.
3
Peter L. Berger
The past is malleable and flexible, changing as our recollection interprets and re-explains what has happened.
4
David Blunkett
I have always been honest about my recollection of events.
5
Hoagy Carmichael
The recollection of how, when and where it all happened became vague as the lingering strains hung in the rafters of the studio. I wanted to shout back at it, Maybe I didn't write you, but I found you.
6
Samuel Taylor Coleridge
A poet ought not to pick nature's pocket. Let him borrow, and so borrow as to repay by the very act of borrowing. Examine nature accurately, but write from recollection, and trust more to the imagination than the memory.
7
Hermann Ebbinghaus
A poem is learned by heart and then not again repeated. We will suppose that after a half year it has been forgotten: no effort of recollection is able to call it back again into consciousness.
8
Clifton Fadiman
My main recollection is of the work I had to do in order to eat.
9
Hamlin Garland
My recollection of a hundred lovely lakes has given me blessed release from care and worry and the troubled thinking of our modern day. It has been a return to the primitive and the peaceful.
10
Asa Gray
I proceed with the proper subject of this discourse; namely, the further changes in scientific belief, which have occurred within my own recollection, even since the time when I first aspired to authorship, now forty- five years ago.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «RECOLLECTION»

Discover the use of recollection in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to recollection and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Recollection and Experience: Plato's Theory of Learning and ...
This book approaches theories about learning in the history of philosophy, especially ancient philosophy.
Dominic Scott, 1995
2
Aristotle on Memory and Recollection: Text, Translation, ...
Based on a new critical edition of Aristotle's "De Memoria" and two interpretive essays, this book challenges current views on Aristotle's theories of memory and recollection, and argues that these are based on misinterpretations of the ...
‎2007
3
Spenser's Ruins and the Art of Recollection
Rebeca Helfer's intertextual study Spenser's Ruins and the Art of Recollection offers a fresh perspective on the significance of this ancient mnemonic technique to Edmund Spenser's writing and, through this lens, explores the art's complex ...
Rebeca Helfer, 2006
4
From Conditioning to Conscious Recollection : Memory Systems ...
This cutting-edge book offers a theoretical account of the evolution of multiple memory systems of the brain.
Howard Eichenbaum Professor of Psychology Boston University, Neal J. Cohen Professor of Psychology University of Illinois, 2001
5
Hegel's Recollection: A Study of Images in the Phenomenology ...
Consciousness confronts itself with the aim of achieving absolute knowing. This is the first commentary to regard metaphor, irony, and memory as keys to the understanding of Hegel's basic philosophical position.
Donald Phillip Verene, 1985
6
Reception, Appropriation, Recollection: Bunyan's Pilgrim's ...
The ten essays that make up this volume are drawn from papers delivered at the fourth triennial conference of the International John Bunyan Society.
W. R. Owens, Stuart Sim, 2007
7
The Body's Recollection of Being: Phenomenological ...
This is a unique study, contuining the work of Merleau-Ponty and Heidegger, and using the techniques of phenomenology against the prevailing nihilism of our culture.
David Michael Levin, 2002
8
Evidence: Examples & Explanations
Past Recollection Recorded Sometimes a witness at a trial may have no recollection about a relevant fact but may have made written notes about it at an earlier time. Those notes are admissible under the ''recorded recollection'' exception ...
Arthur Best, 2009
9
Recollection
This collection of poetry reflects the emotional course of a couple as they enter, take part in and journey through.
Jennifer Branch Cogan, 2008
10
Recollection
My central thesis meaning is seeking to recollect my authentic experiences and memories, and to encapsulate my emotions and any "small happiness" I encounter.
Erika Tada, 2008

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «RECOLLECTION»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term recollection is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Yeovil man who stole blouse 'so drunk' he had no recollection of theft
A YEOVIL man who picked up a ladies blouse from a shop and walked out with it still on the hanger was so drunk he had no recollection of what he did. «Western Gazette, Jul 15»
2
Court: Airline workers cannot be held liable for recollection of …
NEW YORK – A federal appeals court in New York says airline employees cannot be held liable if they fail to accurately describe a passenger's reference to a ... «Fox Business, Jul 15»
3
Sadiq Khan's version of 7/7 meeting is at odds with our recollection
Sadiq Khan at a memorial to victims on the tenth anniversary of the 7 July bombings in London. 'We write today not to defend Blair but to defend the truth,' say ... «The Guardian, Jul 15»
4
Orlando Fringe review: 'Recollection of Innocence'
Guy Kapulnik was a soldier in his native Israel, and he saw people die. That's what he tells us in his play, "Recollection of Innocence." Unfortunately, that's all we ... «Orlando Sentinel, May 15»
5
Recollection and memory, Al-Nakba continues
The following post is written by the medic that was present on the scene on May 15th 2014, during the killing of Mohammad Odeh and Nadeem Nuwwarah as ... «International Solidarity Movement, May 15»
6
Lawyer: Amtrak Engineer Has 'No Recollection' Of Crash
He remembers going to that area generally, [but] has absolutely no recollection of the incident or anything unusual. The next thing he recalls is being thrown ... «CBS Local, May 15»
7
Burglar has 'no recollection' of stealing £30000 diamond watch from …
James Mclernon, defending, said the case was “very unusual” as the defendant had “no recollection” of the burglary as he had consumed a large quantity of ... «Northampton Chronicle & Echo, May 15»
8
Treasury Secretary Lew: No Recollection of Clinton Email System
Mr. Lew, who was Mrs. Clinton's deputy secretary of state for management and resources between 2009-2010, said he had no recollection of conversations ... «Wall Street Journal, Mar 15»
9
You Have No Idea What Happened
When the psychologists rated the accuracy of the students' recollections for things like where they were and what they were doing, the average student scored ... «The New Yorker, Feb 15»
10
Alleged Vanderbilt rape victim has no recollection of assault
NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- The alleged victim of a rape at Vanderbilt University has testified that she has no recollection of being sexually assaulted. The woman was ... «FOXSports.com, Jan 15»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Recollection [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/recollection>. Apr 2024 ».
Download the educalingo app
en
English dictionary
Discover all that is hidden in the words on
index
a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z