English noun: recollection |
1. | recollection (cognition) the ability to recall past occurrences |
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| Synonyms | anamnesis, remembrance |
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| Broader (hypernym) | memory, retention, retentiveness, retentivity |
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2. | recollection (cognition) the process of remembering (especially the process of recovering information by mental effort) |
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| Samples | He has total recall of the episode.
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| Synonyms | recall, reminiscence |
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| Broader (hypernym) | memory, remembering |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | mind, reconstruction, reconstructive memory, regurgitation, reproduction, reproductive memory |
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3. | recollection (cognition) something recalled to the mind |
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| Broader (hypernym) | memory |
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