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English noun: memory | |||
| 1. | memory (cognition) something that is remembered | ||
| Samples | Search as he would, the memory was lost. | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | internal representation, mental representation, representation | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | confabulation, engram, memory trace, recollection, reminiscence, screen memory | ||
| 2. | memory (cognition) the cognitive processes whereby past experience is remembered | ||
| Samples | He can do it from memory. He enjoyed remembering his father. | ||
| Synonyms | remembering | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | basic cognitive process | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | association, connection, connexion, identification, immediate memory, long-term memory, LTM, recall, recognition, recollection, reminiscence, retrieval, retrospection, short-term memory, STM, working memory | ||
| 3. | memory (cognition) the power of retaining and recalling past experience | ||
| Samples | He had a good memory when he was younger. | ||
| Synonyms | retention, retentiveness, retentivity | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | faculty, mental faculty, module | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | anamnesis, recollection, remembrance | ||
| 4. | memory (artifact) an electronic memory device | ||
| Samples | A memory and the CPU form the central part of a computer to which peripherals are attached. | ||
| Synonyms | computer memory, computer storage, memory board, storage, store | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | computer hardware, hardware, memory device, storage device | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | fixed storage, non-volatile storage, nonvolatile storage, read-only memory, read-only storage, real storage, ROM, scratchpad, virtual memory, virtual storage, volatile storage | ||
| Part holonym | register | ||
| Part meronym | computer, computing device, computing machine, data processor, electronic computer, information processing system | ||
| 5. | memory (cognition) the area of cognitive psychology that studies memory processes | ||
| Samples | He taught a graduate course on learning and memory. | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | cognitive psychology | ||
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