单词	memory
释义	memorymem‧o‧ry /ˈmeməri/ ●●● S2 W1 noun (plural memories) Entry menu MENU FOR memorymemory1 ability to remember2 something you remember3 computer4 in/within memory5 in memory of somebody6 somebody’s memory7 a walk/trip down memory lane8 somebody’s memory is playing tricks on them Word Origin WORD ORIGINmemory Origin: 1200-1300 Old French memorie, from Latin memoria, from memor ‘remembering’ Examples EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES 16 megabytes of memory Grandpa was getting old and his memory wasn't so good. He's got a good memory, but I wouldn't call him intelligent. I've got a terrible memory for names. I have lots of happy memories of my time in Japan. Now, his experiences were just a painful memory. She is blessed with a photographic memory. These stories were told and retold, mainly from memory. This place holds lots of memories for us. Was she losing her memory as well as her teeth? We're playing the old songs that I'm sure will bring back memories for you. EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS Both computers had a 28, 800-baud fax modem, 16 megabytes of random-access memory and voice mail / speakerphone capabilities. I have many happy memories of eating Frankfurters with lashings of mustard in Cologne. One of my first memories was when he shot a mountain lion and he let me shoot it too. She may have been held back, too, by memories of near suffocation. So this brings your memories back. The scene will always live in my memory. Under silver roofs and filigree balconies, gleaming in the freezing sunshine, thoughtful locals swap memories and theories. Thesaurus Longman Language Activatorsomeone who often forgets things► have a bad/terrible/awful etc memory to not be good at remembering facts or information: · I'm sorry for forgetting to phone her - I have a terrible memory.have a bad/terrible/awful etc memory for: · I have a bad memory for names. ► forgetful usually someone who is forgetful often forgets things, especially things they have to do: · My grandfather's getting so forgetful - I have to remind him to take his medication.· She was easily distracted and forgetful at school. ► absent-minded someone who is absent-minded often forgets things because they are thinking about other things: · He's a brilliant scientist but hopelessly absent-minded. ► have a memory like a sieve British informal to not be able to remember facts or information, even for a short time: · You'd better remind him about the party - he's got a memory like a sieve! a medical condition that makes you forget things► amnesia the medical condition of not being able to remember a particular period of time or particular events or facts, caused by an injury or a very bad emotional shock: · A man suffering from amnesia was identified by his sister, who saw his picture on television. ► memory loss also loss of memory the inability to remember a particular period of time or particular events or facts, especially for a short time, caused by old age, illness, the effects of drugs etc: · Heimdal was critically injured in an accident and suffered head and back injuries, and memory loss. to learn something so that you can remember it exactly► learn to learn facts, words, or numbers, especially at school, so that you can remember them exactly: · What songs have you learnt at school, then?· I'm going to try to learn 12 new words each week.· Do you think you can learn this tune for Friday's performance?learn something (off) by heart (=learn something so that you can repeat it exactly without reading it): · We had to learn a lot of poetry by heart when we were children.· Dad taught us a Sanskrit prayer, and we had to learn it off by heart and say it every day. learn your lines (=learn the words that you have to say in a play): · I've been trying to learn my lines, but I haven't gotten very far.learn something by rote (=to learn something by repeating it without having to understand it, especially in a class): · The guide sounded as if he had learnt his speech by rote.· If you have a good memory you can learn things by rote, but can you apply it in practice? ► memorize also memorise British to learn numbers or words so well that you can remember them exactly: · Don't write your password down, memorize it.· He was only four when he memorized Martin Luther King's 'I have a dream' speech.· I recited the poem she had asked me to memorize. ► commit something to memory formal to learn something, especially something long, so that you remember every word or detail of it: · Some really dedicated fans have committed entire passages of the movie to memory. · Sometimes, conductors have to commit complete scores to memory. a long time► a long time · It's good to see you again, Ben -- it's been a really long time.(for) a long time · He's lived here a long time.· The house has been empty for a long time.in a long time · I haven't heard from Chuck in a long time.· It's about the worst cold I've had in a long time.a long time ago · We met in August 1947, a long time ago.· I've been to California, but it was a very long time ago.a very long time/a long, long time · We've been friends for a very long time.· A long, long time ago, a king had three daughters.it's a long time since · It's a long time since I heard from Clive.take (somebody) a long time (to do something) · It's a big file, so it'll take a long time to print out.· It's taking you a long time to finish that assignment, isn't it?last a long time · That's a big notepad you have there, it should last a long time. ► a while a fairly long time: for a while: · How's Lynne? I haven't seen her for a while.· So you guys were in Brazil for a while, huh?in a while: · I haven't worn that jacket in a while.after a while: · After a while, I realised he was serious.a while ago/back: · He fought for the title a while ago.· 'Is that a photo of him?' 'Yeah, that was taken a while back - his hair's longer now.' it's (been) a while since: · It's been a while since I read the book, and I can't remember much about it, to be honest.quite a while (=a long time): · He's been going out with her quite a while now, hasn't he?a long while: · I haven't played chess in a really long while.a little while: · Can I hold her for a little while?· A little while later, Rick returned with the drinks.take (somebody) a while: · It took me a while before I could understand him.· Your leg will take a while to get better, Mary. ► long a long time, or for a long time: · Have you been waiting long?· I won't be long.· It has long been recognized that a high fat diet can cause heart problems.long before/after: · Long after the war, the wreckage of his plane was discovered.· They ran out of things to talk about long before they arrived.· 75 percent of the battered women in our survey stayed with their husbands long after most people would have left. so long: · They've been together so long, I can't figure out why they don't get married.long ago: · I guess it didn't happen very long ago.take (somebody) so long: · I don't visit very often because it takes so long to get over there.· I'm sorry this is taking so long. ► for long for a long time: · Have you been working here for long?· I hope his speech doesn't go on for long.· He'll have to stay in hospital, but not for long.for very long: · I haven't known them for very long. ► hours/months/years etc many hours, months, or years, and a lot longer than you expected: · It was years before we found out the truth.· Sorry I'm late. Had to wait hours for a bus.· Justin spends hours and hours just playing this one game.for hours/months/years etc: · I must get the car serviced -- I've been putting it off for months.· Henry seemed to be on the phone for hours last night.months/years/hours etc ago: · I bought this pen years ago. Two pounds it cost me!· Rob went out hours ago, and he's not back yet.be weeks/months/hours etc since: · It's been years since I was there, the place must have changed. ► all day/week etc long for the whole of one day, the whole of one week etc: · It's been snowing almost all day long.· I've been thinking about you all night long. ► ages especially British, spoken a very long time: (for) ages: · I've had that jar of coffee ages, you'd better throw it out.· Derek's been telling her for ages to get another job.it's ages since: · It's ages since we played this game - I'd forgotten how good you are.· It seems like ages since we saw Ron and Eileen. ages ago (=a long time ago): · "When did you sell the car?" "Ages ago!"· I emailed you ages ago -- hasn't it arrived? wait/spend ages: · I spent ages in town trying to find something to wear for the wedding.· We had to wait ages till the doctor could see us.ages and ages (=use this to emphasize how long something takes or lasts): · Oh come on, we haven't had chips for ages and ages. ► forever spoken a very long time, or too long: · Let me see the map, or we'll be driving round here forever.· God's love endures forever.go on forever: · Well, I don't suppose the police will let the situation go on forever!· We had a game of Scrabble that seemed to go on forever.last forever: · You go into marriage thinking it's going to last forever.· These wool blankets pretty much last forever, don't they?forever and a day (=use this to emphasize that something continues for a very long time): · I'm staying here. If I go with you, it'll take forever and a day. ► for the longest time American spoken if you wait, walk, stand etc for the longest time , you do it for a very long time: · We sat in the bar drinking for the longest time.· For the longest time, we didn't even realize he was gone. ► donkey's years British informal a long time, used especially to say that something happened a very long time ago: for donkey's years: · She worked in the shop for donkey's years, although the pay was awful.donkey's years ago: · We used to play golf together, but that was donkey's years ago.donkey's years since: · It's donkey's years since I went to the movies. ► in living memory for as long as people who are still alive can remember: · It was the hottest summer in living memory.· For the first time in living memory, old Jack had left the island.within living memory: · The site had only flooded once within living memory. the ability to remember things► memory a person's ability to remember facts or past events: · He's got a good memory, but I wouldn't call him intelligent.memory for: · I've got a terrible memory for names.do something from memory: · These stories were told and retold, mainly from memory.lose your memory (=no longer have the ability to remember things): · Was she losing her memory as well as her teeth?photographic memory (=the ability to remember exactly every detail of something you have seen): · She is blessed with a photographic memory. ► recall the ability to take information from your memory in order to use it: · Even in old age, his powers of recall were astonishing.· In advanced cases of the disease, there is a very rapid loss of recall and a decay of memory.total recall (=the ability to remember everything you want to remember): · Dinali has a brilliant mind, with almost total recall of what she has read. to remember someone or something from the past► remember if you remember something that happened, something you did, or someone or something you used to know, the thought of them comes back into your mind: · Do you remember your first day at school?· Oh yes, I remember now. We met him at the last conference, didn't we?· You remember the way to the bathroom, don't you?· Yes, I remember Janine. She lived in that house on the corner, and she had a pet rabbit.remember who/what/where/how: · Can you remember what the man looked like?· I can't remember how the film ends. remember (that): · He remembered that he had felt just the same way when he first started working.remember doing something: · He remembered meeting her at a party once.· Older citizens remember eating soyabeans during the Depression.remember somebody doing something: · I don't remember him being that good at athletics in school.· He remembers Leonard coming home late at night, covered in blood. ► think back/look back especially spoken to think about something that happened in the past because you want to remember it: · She tried to think back and remember exactly what Jim had said.· Thinking back, I should have been more assertive.think back/look back to: · Think back to last year. Look how bad things were then.· When I think back to how it all started, I'm amazed.think back/look back on: · When I look back on those days, it always makes me sad.· When I think back on it now, I realize I expected too much from her.think back five years/two days etc (=try to remember what happened five years, two days etc ago): · I tried to think three years back. Where was it we had met? ► recall to deliberately remember a particular fact, event, or situation from the past in order to tell someone about it, especially in a law court or other official situation: · David recalled an incident that took place in the family home some 12 years previously.· "I didn't like him very much," Kev recalled. "He was arrogant."· As a child, she recalled, her parents had seemed very happy together.recall what/how/when etc: · He didn't like to recall what a disaster his business venture had been.recall that: · I recall that on at least one occasion I saw him taking money from the office.recall doing something: · Howard sighed. He could not recall ever being this tired before.as I recall (=that is what I recall): · The meeting went very well, as I recall. ► recollect to be able to remember something, especially by deliberately trying to remember: · I recognize his face but I can't seem to recollect much about him.· "The lawyers distorted what I wanted to say," recollects Hansen grimly.· I can still recollect every detail of that meeting.recollect who/why/how etc: · Only later did she recollect where she'd seem him before.recollect that: · We have nine children, and I don't recollect that I ever felt the need to hit any of them.recollect doing something: · I do not recollect ever having been to Ohio, although my mother says we went there when I was a child. ► reminisce to talk about pleasant events, people, experiences etc from the past, because you want to remember them or enjoy talking about them: · At club meetings, we like to reminisce, remembering old times.reminisce about: · I used to spend hours listening to my grandfather reminisce about life in the army.· Lazlo enjoyed reminiscing about his life in Poland before he went to America. ► memory something that you remember from the past about a person, place, or experience: · This place holds lots of memories for us.· Now, his experiences were just a painful memory.· We had to write a story about our earliest memory (=the first event you can remember in your life).memory of: · I have lots of happy memories of my time in Japan.bring back memories (=makes someone think of a happy time in the past): · We're playing the old songs that I'm sure will bring back memories for you. ► nostalgia the slightly sad feeling you have when you remember happy things from the past: · There's a mood of nostalgia throughout the whole book.· a bittersweet film of nostalgia and innocencenostalgia for: · Reagan appealed to the average American's sense of nostalgia for a golden age. when you do something so that a person or event will not be forgotten► in memory of somebody/in somebody's memory if something is done in memory of someone who has died, it is done so that the person is not forgotten, and to show respect for them: · The monument was built in memory of all the soldiers who died in the war.· The statue was erected in 1888 in memory of John Wesley. · The inscription on the gravestone said simply, "In memory of David James Flower 1892-1917."· When Alfred Nobel died, an annual peace prize was established in his memory. ► memorial a memorial concert, fund, service etc is made or done to show respect for someone who has died, especially someone who was important, so that that person will not be forgotten: · The memorial service was attended by the greatest names in Hollywood.· Eliot was asked to give the first Yeats memorial lecture in Dublin in 1940.· He met Saleh after a memorial ceremony for former president François Mitterrand. ► commemorate if something commemorates someone's death or an event where people died, it is done in order to show respect for them and to remind other people of the person or event: · The Eid commemorates the prophet Abraham's willingness to sacrifice his son at God's command. · When a famous citizen died, he was commemorated by a statue or a plaque.commemorate something with something: · Vienna commemorated the 200th anniversary of Schubert's birth with a series of exhibitions and concerts. to make someone remember something they have forgotten► jog somebody's memory if a particular detail about someone or something jogs someone's memory , it makes them remember someone or something that they have forgotten: · Police hope the sketch will jog someone's memory and help identify the gunman.jog sb's memory about: · Something about what he said jogged my memory about an article I had read the month before. ► refresh somebody's memory to look at photographs, written information etc in order to help you remember facts or details that you already know but may have forgotten: · Before the exam he read through his notes once more to refresh his memory.· If you can't remember where you were on June 15, Mr Ball, maybe these photos will refresh your memory. ► prompt to remind someone, especially an actor in a play, what words to say when they have forgotten what they should say: · His job is to prompt the actors when they forget their lines.· Most of the children knew their lines so the director didn't need to prompt very much. WORD SETS► Computers access, verbaccess point, nounaccess time, nounaccounting system, accumulator, nounadd-on, nounADSL, nounaffective computing, nounAI, nounALGOL, nounalias, nounANSI, anti-spam, adjectiveanti-virus, adjectiveanti-virus software, nounAPL, nounapp, nounApple, Apple Macintosh, applet, nounapplication, nounapplication software, nounarcade game, nounarchitecture, nounarchive, nounarchive, verbarray, nounartificial intelligence, nounASCII, nounASIC, nounASP, nounassembly language, nounasynchronous, adjectiveAT&T, attachment, nounaudit trail, nounautomate, verbautomated, adjectiveautomation, nounavatar, nounB2B exchange, nounB2C, adjectiveB2E, adjectiveBabbage, Charles, backslash, nounbackspace, nounbackup, nounback-up copy, bandwidth, nounbar code, nounBASIC, nounbatch, nounbatch processing, nounbaud rate, nounBerners-Lee, Tim, bespoke, adjectivebeta test, nounBig Blue, bioinformatics, nounbiometric, adjectivebit, nounbitmap, nounBlackBerry, nounbloatware, nounblog, nounBluetooth, nounBMP, nounbond certificate, book entry, bookmark, nounbookmark, verbbook of final entry, nounbook of first entry, nounBoolean, adjectiveboot, verbbootable, adjectivebootstrapping, nounbot, nounbotnet, nounbps, brain dump, nounbroadband, nounbrown goods, nounbrowse, verbbrowser, nounbubble jet printer, nounbuddy list, nounbuffer, nounbuffer, verbbug, nounbulletin board, nounbundle, nounbundle, verbburn, verbbus, nounbusiness continuity services, nounbusiness continuity services, button, nounbyte, nounCabinet Office Briefing Rooms, cable modem, nouncache, nouncache, verbCAD, nounCAD/CAM, nounCAL, nounCalifornia, nounCALL, nounCAM, nounCambridge, Capita, caps lock, nouncapture, verbcapture, nouncard, nouncathode ray tube, nounCAT scan, nounCBT, nounCD-R, nounCD-ROM, nounCD-ROM drive, CDRW, nounCD-RW, nouncentral processing unit, nouncentral processor, nounCGI, nounCHAPS, character, nounchat room, nouncheat, nouncheckbox, nounchip, nounchip card, CIM, CIO, clerical assistant, click, verbclickable, adjectiveclient, nounclient machine, client-server, adjectiveclient/server architecture, clip art, nounclipboard, nouncloaking, nounclock cycle, nounclock speed, nounclone, nouncluster, nounCOBOL, nouncode, nouncoder, nouncom, Comdex, nouncommand, nouncomm port, comms, nouncompact disc, nounCompaq, compatibility, nouncompatible, adjectivecompatible, nouncompile, verbcompiler, nouncompress, verbcomputer, nouncomputer (industry) analyst, computer-aided, adjectivecomputer-aided design, nouncomputer-aided manufacture, computer-aided manufacturing, nouncomputer-assisted, adjectivecomputerate, adjectivecomputer-based training, computer-generated, adjectivecomputer-integrated manufacture, computerize, verbcomputer-literate, adjectivecomputer modelling, nouncomputer science, nouncomputer system, computer virus, nouncomputing, nounconcordance, nounconfiguration, nounconfigure, verbconnect, verbconnectivity, nounconsole, nouncontrol, nouncontrol key, nouncookie, nouncoordinate, nounCorel, corrupt, verbcounter, nouncourseware, nounCPU, nouncrack, verbcrack, nouncracker, nouncrash, verbcrash, nounCroft, Lara, cross-platform, adjectivecross-posting, nounCtrl, nouncursor, nouncut, verbcutover, nouncyber-, prefixcybercrime, nouncybernetics, nouncyberpunk, nouncybersickness, nouncyberspace, nouncyberterrorist, nouncyberwidow, noundata, noundata bank, noundatabase, noundatabase management, database management system, data capture, noundata centre, data dictionary, noundata encryption standard, noundata file, data interchange format file, data mining, noundata processing, noundata protection, Data Protection Act, the, Dateline, daytrader, nounday trading, nounDBMS, debug, verbdecision support system, decode, verbdecompress, verbdecrypt, verbdefault, noundefragment, verbDel, noundelete, verbdeletion, noundeliverable, noundematerialize, verbdemo, verbdemonstration version, denial of service attack, noundeselect, verbdesktop, noundesktop computer, noundesktop publishing, noundestination site, dialogue box, noundial-up, adjectivedigerati, noundigicam, noundigital nervous system, digital rights management, digital wallet, nounDilbert, direct access, noundirectory, noundisaster recovery, noundisc, noundisinfect, verbdisk, noundisk drive, noundiskette, noundisk operating system, display, noundisplay, verbdistributed processing, Dixons, dock, noundock, verbdocking station, noundocument, noundocument sharing, noundongle, nounDOS, noundot-matrix printer, noundouble click, verbdouble-click, verbdouble density, adjectivedown, adverbdownload, verbdownload, noundownloadable, adjectivedowntime, noundown time, downwardly compatible, adjectiveDP, noundrag, verbdrive, noun-driven, suffixdriver, noundropdown, noundrop down, noundrop-down menu, nounDTP, noundumb terminal, dump, verbdump, nounDVD, nounDVD-ROM, nounEasdaq, noune-book, noune-business, nounECN, noune-commerce, nouneditor, nounedutainment, noune-fatigue, nounE-FIT, nounEFTPOS, nounelectronic, adjectiveelectronic bill of lading, electronic cottage, nounelectronic data interchange, nounelectronic funds transfer, nounelectronic invoice, electronic mail, nounelectronic media, electronic publishing, nounelectronics, nounelectrosmog, nounEllison, Larry, email, nounemail account, embed, verbencrypt, verbend-to-end, adjectiveenter, verbenterprise application integration, nounentry, nounEPROM, noune-publishing, nounequipment leasing, erase, verbErnie, error, nounerror message, nounescape key, Ethernet, noune-ticket, nounE-ticket, nounexecutable, nounexecute, verbexecution, nounexit, verbexpansion card, nounexpansion slot, nounexpert system, nounexport, verbextension, nounextranet, nouneye scan, nounF2F, adjectivefabricator, nounfactory preset, nounfatware, nounfeed, verbfeed, nounfield, nounfifth generation computer, file, nounfile manager, nounfilename, nounfile sharing, nounfile transfer, filing system, filter, nounfirewall, nounfirmware, nounfirst generation, nounfirst in, first out, nounfirst-person shooter, nounfive nines, nounfixed wireless, nounflash, verbflash, nounflash drive, nounflash memory, nounflatscreen, adjectiveflat screen, flip chip, nounfloor broker, floppy disk, nounfly-by-wire, nounfolder, nounfont, nounfooter, nounfootprint, nounforklift upgrade, nounformat, verbFortran, nounforum, noun404, adjectivefreeware, nounftp, nounfunction, nounfunctionality, nounfunction key, nounfungible, adjectivefuzzy logic, nounGame Boy, gameplay, noungamer, noungaming, noungarbage in, garbage out, Gates, Bill, gateway, nounghost, nounGIF, noungigabit, noungigabyte, nounGIGO, GIS, nounGlitter, Gary, global, adjectiveGLOBEX, nounGMS, nounGoogle, gopher, noungraphical, adjectivegraphical user interface, noungraphics, noungraphics card, noungraphic software, grid computing, noungroupware, nounGUI, nounhack, verbhack, nounhacker, nounhacktivist, nounhandshake, nounhard copy, nounhard disk, nounhard drive, nounhardware, nounhard-wired, adjectiveHawk, Tony, Hawking, Stephen, head, nounheader, nounhelp, nounhelp desk, nounhelp menu, help screen, nounHewlett Packard, hexadecimal, adjectivehigh-definition, adjectivehigh-level, adjectivehigh-level language, highlight, verbhome computer, home office, nounhome shopping, hookup, nounhook-up, nounhost computer, hot key, nounhot link, nounhot spot, nounHTML, nounhttp, hyperlink, nounhypertext, nounIBM, icon, nounICT, nounidentifier, nouniMac, nounimport, verbinbox, nounincremental backup, nounincubator space, industrial design, infect, verbinfected, adjectiveinformation exchange, information retrieval, nouninformation system, information technology, nouninfowar, nouninitialize, verbinkjet printer, nouninput, nouninput, verbinput/output, adjectiveinstall, verbinstaller, nounInstinet, Intel, intelligent terminal, interactive, adjectiveinteractive whiteboard, nouninterface, nouninterface, verbInternational Securities Exchange, nounInternet cafe, nounInternet Service Provider, interpreter, nounintranet, nouninvoke, verbIP address, nouniPod, nouniris scan, nounISDN, nounISP, nounIT, nouniterate, verbiTunes, iTV, nounJava, nounjob, nounjob bank, Jobs, Steve, joystick, nounJPEG, nounK, KB, keno, nounkey, nounkeyboard, nounkeyboard, verbkeyboarder, nounkeypad, nounkeystroke, nounkeyword, nounkilobyte, nounkit, nounkludge, nounknowledge base, Kraftwerk, LAN, nounlanguage, nounlaptop, nounlaser disk, nounlaser printer, nounlaunch, verbLCD, nounlight industry, nounlight pen, nounline printer, nounlink, verbLinux, nounLISP, nounlisting paper, listserv, nounload, verblocal area network, nounlog file, LOGO, nounloop, nounlow-level, adjectiveMac, nounmachine, nounmachine code, nounmachine language, machine-readable, adjectiveMacintosh, nounmacro, nounmagnetic disk, nounmagnetic media, nounmagnetic tape, nounmail, nounmail, verbmailbomb, nounmailbox, nounmailing list, nounmail merge, nounmainframe, nounmainframe computer, main memory, manual, adjectivemaximize, verbmegabyte, nounmemory, nounmemory address, memory bank, nounmemory card, nounmemory hog, nounMemory Stick, nounmenu, nounmessage, nounmetadata, nounmicro, nounmicrochip, nounmicrocomputer, nounmicroelectronics, nounmicroprocessor, nounMicrosoft, MIDI, nounmigrate, verbmigration, nounMillennium bug, minicomputer, nounminimize, verbmips, mission-critical, adjectiveMIT, mixer, nounmodel, nounmodel, verbmodelling, nounmodem, nounmodule, nounmonitor, nounMoore, Gordon, Moore's Law, nounmorphing, nounmotherboard, nounMotorola, mouse, nounmouse mat, nounmouse miles, nounmouse potato, nounMP3 player, nounMP4 player, nounMPEG, nounMSC, nounMS-DOS, multimedia, adjectivemulti-player gaming, nounmultiple applications, multiplexer, nounmultitasking, nounnagware, nounNasdaq, nounNASDAQ, Naseem, Prince, National Market System, nounNEC, nerd, nounnest, verbNetscape Navigator, network, nounnetwork, verbneural computer, nounneural network, nounneuroinformatics, nounnewbie, nounnew economy, nounNintendo, node, nounnoise, nounnotebook, nounnumber-cruncher, nounnumber crunching, nounobject, nounobject language, object-oriented, adjectiveOCR, nounOfex, nounoffice machinery, offline, adverboff-line, adjectiveonline, adjectiveonline catalogue, online updating, nounon-screen, adjectiveopen, verbOpen Group, the, open outcry, nounopen system, nounoperating system, nounoperation, nounoptical character recognition, nounoptical fibre, nounoption, nounorder, nounorganizing business, OSI, nounoutbox, nounoutput, nounoutput, verbover-the-counter dealing, over-the-counter market, over-the-counter share, over-the-counter stock, over-the-counter trading, overwrite, verbP2P, adjectivepackage, nounpacket, nounpacket-switching, nounpage, nounpage break, nounpalette, nounpalm phone, nounpalmtop, nounpaperless, adjectiveparallel data query, parallel port, parallel processing, nounPASCAL, nounpass-along, adjectivepassword, nounpaste, verbpasting, nounpatch, nounpause, verbPC, nounPC Card, nounPDA, nounPDF, nounPDF file, pen drive, nounPentium, peripheral, adjectiveperipheral, nounpersonal communicator, nounpersonal computer, nounpersonal electronic device, nounpersonal organizer, nounpetaflop, nounphishing, nounping, verbpiracy, nounpirate, verbpixel, nounplasma screen, nounplatform, nounplatform game, nounPlayStation, plotter, nounplug and play, nounplug-and-play, adjectiveplug-in, nounpointer, nounpop-under, nounpop-up, nounport, nounport, verbportable, adjectivepost, verbpost-industrial, adjectivePostScript, nounPowerPoint, nounprint, verbprinter, nounprintout, nounprint-out, nounprint preview, nounprocess, verbprocessing, nounprocessor, nounprogram, nounprogram, verbprogram file, programmable, adjectiveprogrammer, nounprogramme trading, programming, nounprogramming language, PROLOG, nounPROM, nounprompt, verbprompt, nounprotocol, nounPsion, pull down, nounpull-down, adjectivepull-down menu, nounpunched card, nounquantum computer, nounQuarkXPress, queue, nounqwerty, 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nounweb browser, nounweb crawler, nounweb design, nounweb development, web-enabled, adjectiveweb hosting, nounweb log, nounweb log file, wide area network, wi-fi, nounWi-Fi, nounwild card, nounwindow, nounWindows, Wintel, wipe, verbWiponet, nounwireless internet, wireless networking, nounWord, Wordperfect, word processor, nounworkspace, nounworkstation, nounWorld Wide Web, the, worm, nounWozniak, Steve, write, verbwrite-protected, adjectiveWYSIWYG, nounXbox, XML, nounY2K, nounYahoo!, zap, verbzip file, nounzombie, noun Collocations COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY Meaning 1adjectives► good/excellent · I wish my memory was as good as yours. ► bad/poor/terrible · A student with a poor memory may struggle in school. ► short-term memory (=your ability to remember things that you have just seen, heard, or done)· The drug can damage your short-term memory. ► long-term memory (=your ability to remember things that happened a long time ago)· Most people's long-term memory is limited. ► visual memory (=your ability to remember things you have seen)· Poor spellers often have a weak visual memory. ► a photographic memory (=the ability to remember every detail of things that you have seen)· Unless you have a photographic memory, you forget half of what you read as soon as you close the book. verbs► remain/stay/stick in your memory (=be remembered for a long time)· That day will remain in my memory forever. ► refresh/jog your memory (=help someone to remember something)· Perhaps this photograph will refresh your memory? ► lose your memory (=become unable to remember things that happened in the past)· The blow on the head caused him to lose his memory. ► commit something to memory formal (=make yourself remember something)· I've already committed his name to memory. phrases► have a short memory (=if you have a short memory, you soon forget things)· Voters have short memories. ► have a long memory (=if you have a long memory, you remember things for a long time)· He has a long memory for people who have let him down. ► have a memory like a sieve (=forget things very easily)· I'm sorry, I have a memory like a sieve. I forgot you were coming today! ► loss of memory/memory loss (=when you cannot remember things)· The condition can cause dizziness and memory loss. ► a lapse of memory/a memory lapse (=when you cannot remember something for a short time)· The alcohol seemed to make him suffer lapses of memory. ► if my memory serves (me correctly/right) (=used to say that you are almost certain you have remembered something correctly)· If my memory serves me correctly, Johnson was also there. ► something is etched in your memory (=it is impossible to forget)· The date was etched in my memory. Meaning 2adjectivesADJECTIVES/NOUN + memory► good/bad etc memories · He left school with good memories of his time there. ► happy/unhappy memories · Many people have unhappy memories of being forced to play team sports. ► fond memories (=about someone or something you like)· She had fond memories of her aunt and uncle. ► a painful memory (=very upsetting)· He sobbed as he relived the painful memory. ► a vivid memory (=very clear and detailed)· I have vivid memories of that summer. ► a clear memory · I have a clear memory of the first time I met David. ► a dim/distant memory (=not clear, from a long time ago)· He had only dim memories of his father, who had died when he was four. ► a vague memory (=not clear)· I have a vague memory of visiting them when I was small. ► a childhood memory · Going to the farm brought back happy childhood memories. ► somebody's earliest memory · My earliest memory is of being bitten by a dog. ► an abiding/enduring/lasting memory (=that you will always have)· The children's abiding memory of their father is of his patience and gentleness. verbs► have a/have no memory of something (=remember/not remember something)· She had no memory of the accident. ► relive a memory (=talk about past events so you remember them again)· Seeing her again was an excuse to relive old memories. ► bring back memories (also rekindle/revive memories formal) (=make you remember something)· For many older people, the film brought back memories of the war. ► memories come flooding back (=you suddenly remember things clearly)· Evelyn hugged her daughter, as memories came flooding back to her. ► a memory fades (=becomes less clear and accurate)· Write down how you felt before the memory fades. phrases► a place is full of memories (=makes you remember things that happened there)· My old home is full of unhappy memories. ► be haunted by the memory of something (=be unable to forget something unhappy)· He is haunted by memories of his unhappy childhood. ► shudder/wince at the memory of something (=be upset by remembering something)· She shuddered at the memory of her parents fighting. COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES► banish the memory/thought/image etc (of somebody/something)  They tried to banish the memory from their minds. ► cherish ... memory  I cherish the memory of that day. ► childhood memories · The smell in the air brought back happy childhood memories. ► a distant memory (=something that happened a long time ago)· Already the summer seemed like a distant memory. ► somebody’s earliest memory (=the first thing you can remember about something from your past)· One of my earliest memories is of being at a busy railway station, trying to find my mum. ► erase something from your mind/memory  He couldn’t erase the image from his mind. She had tried to erase the memory of that day. ► imprint something on your mind/memory/brain etc  The sight of Joe’s dead body was imprinted on his mind forever. ► memory lapses  After taking the drug, several patients suffered memory lapses (=when you cannot remember something for a short time). ► live in ... memory  That day will always live in my memory. ► long memory  He has a long memory. ► loss of memory  a temporary loss of memory ► a painful memory · The photograph brought back painful memories. ► selective memory  He has a very selective memory (=he chooses what he wants to remember and what to forget). ► short-term memory  She’s suffering from short-term memory loss. ► stamped on ... memory  The experience remained stamped on her memory for many years. ► stir memories/emotions etc  Looking at the photographs stirred childhood memories of the long hot summers. ► trigger a memory (=make you suddenly remember something) ► unhappy memories · Ruth tried to put these unhappy memories from her mind. ► a vague recollection/memory · I have only a vague recollection of what the house looked like. ► wince at the memory/thought/idea  I still wince at the thought of that terrible evening. COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE► bad · Although such incidents rankled, the cutter crews' sense of humour soon surfaced to erase the bad memories.· However, Turner was involved in another play that brought back some bad memories for Raiders fans.· The win also helped him to bury the bad memory of an experience on June 17 last year.· But the previous eight years had been the worst in local memory.· He says that being at Barrow Wake does bring back bad memories.· How could you not realize it just brings back so many bad memories.· For many, the worst memories of that era are of food shortages because of the disruption to the agricultural system.· But the application conjures up bad memories. ► distant · Consequently the forms of paternalism signified by feudal relations are more likely to be a recent tradition rather than a distant memory.· Serious problems from a life onshore can fade rapidly to distant memories as sight of land is lost.· The calm was a strange one - a distant memory.· Euclid and Cicero were a distant memory now.· Driven there by some distant memory from his youth.· But that was a distant, incredible memory now.· The national institution of the past 60-odd years could soon be a distant memory.· But that is now a distant memory. ► early · Ah! a very early memory ... just a flash.· As she remembered these events, she was drawn back to an even earlier set of memories.· Even there the gleam Of earlier memory like enchantment lay.· In my very earliest memories, I am hungry, always hungry.· When, in the early 1980s, memory came back into neuroscience fashion again, it did so in new forms.· Oral historians had meanwhile begun to record the earlier memories of ordinary old people, working right across the country.· What is your earliest memory of a story where something or somebody changed?· Elevated muscarinic receptor seemed therefore to be associated with the early phases of memory formation. ► fond · I have some very fond memories of track life.· His smile widened as many fond memories came flooding back.· He ought to have fond memories of the place.· Her fond memories anyway, and what did Lucy think?· I have only fond memories of my childhood in my own village.· There will be many fond memories taken away from the city which will hopefully be renewed should we visit next year.· Indeed, today, those evenings rank amongst my fondest memories from those times. ► happy · Many topics may arise from such conversations, many happy and formative memories can be rekindled.· There are happy memories and there are sad, all floating in our minds together.· Their fortunes will become more divided than before: some are waking up from the party with happier memories than others.· I should have kept my happy memories.· I have many happy memories of a time when the world was innocent as were most of us.· Now she could fabricate for herself rich and happy memories.· Some of my happiest memories date from the time when Father was alive.· The refugees who arrived starving and thirsty in 1948 do not have happy memories of their reception. ► living · It has, after all, been the worst first year of any parliament in living memory.· For the village it was the most exciting news in living memory.· Within the living memory of the older inhabitants of Dornie, there have been radical changes affecting both these waterways.· This dinner they planned must capture the living memory of every lucky guest.· Judging by their recent performances, they were all living on their memories.· The country is in the depths of a recession, made worse by the worst drought in living memory.· Within living memory, like mine for instance, it was possible to dial numbers beginning D.O.U ....· Symbols of gracious living or memories of childhood dreams, popular prints allowed for vicarious experience. ► long · Despite the interference in short term memory, the overall increase in information sampled will improve long term memory.· The ads have been effective with seniors across the country, and the residents of Leisure World have long memories.· Near memory 4. Long memory 5.· People have long memories for unrelenting tragedy that strikes so close to home.· The doctor probed - the longer memories, the childhood.· They must have long memories, Mungo thought, lying here in permanent dusk.· He too had discovered that the Nordic people have long memories.· Doran's short temper and long memory were famous in Little Tuckett. ► only · Surely he was only afraid his memories might fade, leaving him dispossessed.· That was not the only memory they would treasure.· Those are my only remaining memories of the first five years. ► painful · He sobbed as he relived the painful memory.· For many of us, these long winter nights stir up painful memories and fearful thoughts.· Feeling her stomach churn with the painful memories, she leaned sideways and was violently sick.· Democrats, too, have painful Medicare memories.· We have to drop the charge and put the painful memories on one side.· The painful memory of last year's semi-final defeat by Kilkenny acts as another spur.· But those painful memories are erased by thoughts of future glory as Jodami whisks Anthea across the moorland gallops. ► poor · There may be physical and other handicaps such as impaired sight or poor memory.· We know that most organizations have poor memories, implicitly inviting newer workers to make the same old mistakes.· Perhaps she had a poor memory and kept forgetting where she had left them.· Her poor memory was altogether irrelevant to her status as an alien.· This suggests again a poor visual memory.· How poor her own memories seemed at the side of this.· It is also much more affected by poor memory and exaggeration.· If you have a poor memory you could slip away for a moment and write yourself a quick note. ► random · Logitech's FotoMan digital camera stores 32 digitized photos in random access memory instead of on film.· In fact, it had no random access memory at all.· Fig. 20. Random access memory illustration.· It comes with eight megabytes of random access memory, a must since it also comes with Windows 95.· She received random bits of memory, tried them in different patterns, hoping to make sense. ► recent · Just a plate of moist, fluffy eggs mixed with bits of some of the tastiest, juiciest ham of recent memory.· This evening will be like none other in recent memory.· The fans chanted his name for the first time in recent memory.· These two are destined for one another-and fated to deliver one of the worst scripts in recent memory.· The caribou have left Maine within recent memory, and extensive spruce-fir forests remain only in northern Maine. ► short · Decrements at high levels are assumed to be the result of the impairment to short memory.· One thing my customer never forgot was that Salomon Brothers thought he had a short memory.· We all have very short memories, and so have probably forgotten how Rolling News emerged.· But international lenders have notoriously short memories and start to lend again remarkably rapidly.· Despite the interference in short term memory, the overall increase in information sampled will improve long term memory.· But many investors have proven to have notoriously short memories.· Unbelief, on the other hand, has a short and ungrateful memory.· A forgiving strategy is one that, although it may retaliate, has a short memory. ► vivid · Even more interestingly, he was possibly one of the last people to have vivid personal memories of the 1859 Revival.· Meanwhile, those who observed the jumbo jet exploding say they still have vivid memories.· Jack Russell's painting inspires vivid memories of that moment of discovery.· He has vivid memories of how it feels to lose your job.· Years later that journey still remained vivid in his memory.· It remains one of the most vivid and magical memories of my life. NOUN► bank · We boiled your memory banks down into two categories - the rest we threw away, sorry to say.· They functioned as the living and growing memory banks for the entire corporation.· In a matter of seconds, his fingerprints had been photographed and checked by computer against the central memory banks.· The three memory banks represent the red, green and blue components of the image seen on the television monitor.· Eight bit-planes per memory bank allows 256 levels of the associated primary colour to be represented.· Earlier than that still, and his memory banks were empty.· The digital images held in the memory banks are converted to television signals which are displayed on the monitor.· What implants a salad in the memory banks is the salad dressing. ► childhood · It is immediately noticeable that the great majority of comments come from the childhood memories.· Patricia Polacco has won the hearts of millions of children with her rich stories drawn from childhood memories.· InPart One the life stories are used only retrospectively, drawing on childhood memories of grandparents.· But can I count as a reliable source my own childhood memories?· It very nearly is us: as personal and as deeply embedded as childhood memories of Christmas or school terms.· Following his team connects him to the region that formed him. Childhood memories hooked her to a team for life.· He summoned up childhood memories and a long love for a part of his musical heritage in a piece called Blues Suite. ► chip · This opens the way for low-cost and high-performance 64M-bit Flash memory chips based on a 0.4 micron design rule.· It said that revenues for memory chips would fall 27 percent in 1996 from 1995.· Most of the costs of producing a memory chip are fixed, because of the elaborate factories and equipment needed.· Unlike other memory chips, flash does not lose the stored contents when the computer is disconnected from a power supply.· All told, demand for memory chips fell more than 16% in 1990.· In your computer, the stockroom is the main bank of memory chips, and your processor is the line of customers.· New generations of memory chips normally arrive at 30-40 times the price of the industry's mainstream product.· Within a memory chip, this acts as a tiny switch that is either on or off. ► lane · Have a word with your Mazda dealer and take a test drive down memory lane.· Talk about a wondrous stroll down one whacked-out memory lane.· Today we're taking a stylish trip down memory lane.· We had a real trip down memory lane, talking about your grandmother as she was years ago.· Taking you down memory lane time and time again.· But the memory lane he points the audience down isn't one that starts in Britain.· It was a glimpse of the old Connors, fighting and refusing to walk down memory lane.· This will be a trip down memory lane for the right hon. Gentleman. ► loss · Nearly every person experiences memory loss as a normal part of the aging process.· Her injuries have left her with chronic migraine headaches, seizures, insomnia, nausea and short-term memory loss.· The program will explore normal memory loss and strategies to help improve memory.· Later in the course of the disease, people may develop clumsy gait, memory loss and speech difficulties.· Some experts claim the phones can cause tumours, headaches and memory loss.· Karadzic's continued freedom and the collective memory loss may suit international politics.· But lately some researchers are challenging the notion that memory loss is inevitable. VERB► bring · Every time she has a birthday it will bring back memories.· However, Turner was involved in another play that brought back some bad memories for Raiders fans.· She's now left with little more than photographs to bring back memories of her late husband.· How her memory brought me my memory.· The stink assailed his nostrils, bringing back memories of that last visit and what it had done for him.· Medically prescribed drugs - essential though they may be - sometimes bring about confusion or memory loss.· But I haven't bothered with dresses for so long - it brings back some happy memories of my young days.· In a recent defence of investment in education, Stonier brought back memories of the early 1960s. ► commit · However, invariably, it is not only bad experiences of learning that are committed to memory.· The former I destroyed before entering the port of Vera Cruz, having committed it to memory.· In theory this sounds quite unrealistic but the worker is reassured that none of these topics need be committed to memory.· The second man looked hard at Jean-Pierre, as if committing his face to memory. ► erase · Although such incidents rankled, the cutter crews' sense of humour soon surfaced to erase the bad memories.· They badly needed to get off strong Sunday to erase that memory.· The answer is always to erase everything from memory pertaining to previous projects.· How much else had he forgotten: Did hibernation erase memory?· Five years can change opinions; ten years can erase memories.· Might not a murderer, she wondered, erase the memory of the deed?· So why couldn't she erase from her memory the image of fitzAlan, tall and strong and golden in the firelight?· He must so dearly have wished the first two sets could have been instantly erased from memory. ► jog · The list will thus serve to jog your memory and ensure that you do not overlook significant items.· Three incidental features of forensic hypnosis may help jog memories, but these potential memory aids are not unique to hypnosis.· A notice at eye level inside the bathroom door can jog your memory and avoid some trying mopping-up operations later.· Not only was it unremarkable and rather battered, it did nothing at all to jog her errant memory.· In fact, I think it was seeing you, there on the doorstep, that jogged my memory.· These served to establish claims, to recall old friendship, to jog the memory about old times.· But if you jog his memory, he will see your point before he can help it. ► live · The scene will always live in my memory.· They functioned as the living and growing memory banks for the entire corporation.· Still, for a prime minister who enjoyed the longest honeymoon in living memory, these are unhappy days.· They are among hundreds of northeastern North Dakota farmers with crops damaged by the worst rain and rural flooding in living memory.· Speech does, of course, live on in memory but, as we all know, memory can be very unreliable.· For the first time in living memory a presidential candidate claimed the White House before his rival had conceded the race.· It has doubled within living memory.· After that sweltering afternoon in May, we went through a period of epic heat, the hottest summer in living memory. ► lose · If they break off their constant peregrinations, their voice seizes up and they lose their memory.· My fingerprints will not lose their memory.· As a result of the instability and interactions, the pattern rapidly loses any detailed memory of its initial state.· Is she losing her memory as well as her teeth?· In losing its design memory, it seems, Ford forgot what customers wanted.· He has a disease that causes him to lose his memory.· I read about it in Vogue ... how it makes you lose your memory.· They lose long-ago memories as well as failing to store new memones. ► refresh · All evening I refreshed my memory with theoretical skills on dental mechanics and wrote my job application letter.· I drew the shower curtain and took a look at the fellow, just to refresh my memory.· Because if they don't, let me refresh your memory.· You may also need to refresh your memory before you go to visit somebody.· And likeable Ed Byrne refreshed the memory with a routine more over-exposed than Keith Chegwin's privates.· She arranged a meeting with one of her former mandarins, who was able to refresh her memory on many points.· April's encouraging climate should do much to refresh your memory. ► remain · The river and its fish remained just a memory.· The sounds and sights encountered at these times will remain etched in my memory for ever.· However, the biggest single barrier remains the memory limitation inherent in chip storage.· The menu that night was cottage pie and chips, a combination which has remained engraved on my memory.· The solemn and deep tones in which these words were delivered have remained fixed in my memory.· González's biggest card remains the memory of Franco.· To this day his marriage remains lodged in local memory chiefly because of the arrival of his London Bohemian friends. ► stir · Her visit to the Doctor seemed to have stirred up old memories, like sediment at the bottom of a pond.· For many of us, these long winter nights stir up painful memories and fearful thoughts.· The story stirs something in our memory.· Then, last fall, a newspaper story stirred old memories and rekindled her search.· I stared at that face and something stirred in my memory.· It gave off a fragrant smell which stirred my memory though I could not place it.· Like a dead cat, Franca strangely thought, stirred by some memory.· Even so, the impending auction has stirred poignant memories. ► store · She stored that memory away, together with the memory of the forest in the foreground as she walked on.· Interestingly, the impairment is of the ability to form new memories, not the ability to recall stored memories.· The experience is not forgotten but is stored in memory.· While online, the user could play the game, which would be stored in short-term memory.· All this is stored in the subconscious memory and the habit continues when we grow up.· Everything stored in the memory of a computer can be copied on to removable diskettes.· In the midst of darkness come some stored memories of a different sort. Phrases PHRASES FROM THE ENTRY► a walk/trip down memory lane So if anyone wants company for a walk down Memory Lane, I will gladly go with them. The doctor calls it a panic attack, I call it a trip down memory lane for big bro. This will be a trip down memory lane for the right hon. Gentleman. ► somebody’s memory is playing tricks on them► in/within memory A suitable structure for storing the required information in memory must be established. Alexander was grieved to lose such a good friend, and built the city Bucephalia in memory of him. Concerts included a series in memory of our late Chancellor, Sir Monty Finniston. If one can discover which protein is missing, then one has a clue to its necessary role in memory formation. Only in memories will Earnhardt return to a place he held deep in his heart. She had decided to name the child Edward, after Prince Edward, and John in memory of her father. She told me that there was some money in a bank account which had been raised in memory of her daughter. We live on in memory and love. ► in memory of somebody The group lit candles in memory of Laura and her brother. A number of plaques include one in memory of Coastal Command aircrew lost on operations from Pembrokeshire bases. Alexander was grieved to lose such a good friend, and built the city Bucephalia in memory of him. And this week has seen the launch of a new international singing competition in memory of Peter Pears. He was present in the bread and wine they shared in memory of him. Tchaikovsky's Piano Trio in A Minor, another piece written in memory of a friend, completed the programme. The Macaulay's bought the standard in memory of Donald when they heard the regiment wanted to replace the old one. ► somebody’s memory Janitz said her intention was to honor the memory of her mother. PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES► commit something to memory Some really dedicated fans have committed entire passages of the movie to memory. Sometimes, conductors have to commit complete scores to memory. The former I destroyed before entering the port of Vera Cruz, having committed it to memory. The second man looked hard at Jean-Pierre, as if committing his face to memory. What you must now do is commit the words to memory and take twenty cards from the pack. ► be engraved in/on your memory/mind/heart The date was engraved on his heart. ► be etched on/in your memory/mind► have fond memories of something/somebody He ought to have fond memories of the place. I have fond memories of Sussex-playing pool and, much more to the point, the excellent discussions on science. She would have been pleased that the youngsters who come and go will have fond memories of their day in hospital. ► jog somebody’s memory Maybe this picture will help jog your memory. Police hope the sketch will jog someone's memory and help identify the gunman. Something about what he said jogged my memory about an article I had read the month before. ► in/within living memory After that sweltering afternoon in May, we went through a period of epic heat, the hottest summer in living memory. For the first time in living memory a presidential candidate claimed the White House before his rival had conceded the race. For the village it was the most exciting news in living memory. It has doubled within living memory. It has, after all, been the worst first year of any parliament in living memory. Still, for a prime minister who enjoyed the longest honeymoon in living memory, these are unhappy days. The country is in the depths of a recession, made worse by the worst drought in living memory. They are among hundreds of northeastern North Dakota farmers with crops damaged by the worst rain and rural flooding in living memory. ► refresh somebody’s memory Before the exam he read through his notes once more to refresh his memory. If you can't remember where you were on June 15, Mr Ball, maybe these photos will refresh your memory. ► have a short memory Bring any player back and he does not perform and people have short memories. Manufacturers have short memories, you know. Other strategies might be more forgiving and have shorter memories. ► have a memory like a sieve You'd better remind him about the party - he's got a memory like a sieve! ► slip your mind/memory He had seemed thrown for a moment, as though it had genuinely slipped his mind that he was about to be married. I can't believe it has slipped my mind. It slipped my mind because of the tragedy that followed. It completely slipped my mind I was going to be accused of theft! It had slipped his mind entirely that today. Jean hadn't even asked Helen what she had said; the entire episode had slipped her mind. Yes, that had slipped her mind. You think something as important as that would slip my mind? ► storehouse of information/memories etc It comprises a vast and ever-changing storehouse of information and entertainment. Using as data what respondents say about themselves offers the social researcher access to a vast storehouse of information. ► wipe something from your mind/memory And when he had done with her, she could wipe him from her mind, obliterate him. He cared nothing for his wife and daughter and they must wipe him from their minds. ► working memory From that, you might be able to reconstitute the activity present during working memory. If this were the case there would be no need for a working memory. It is not clear whether this articulation makes use of the working memory system or is independent. Studies of working memory in animals may seem to be rather remote from the standard, acquired distinctiveness procedure. The speech left provides for an internal speech code which passes through a working memory system where it can be examined. The system is then being driven by working memory. Unless we attend to the words which have been placed into working memory, they will not be retained. Word family WORD FAMILYnounmemorialmemorymemomemoirmemorabiliamemorandumadjectivememorablememorialimmemorialverbmemorizememorializeadverbmemorably 1ability to remember [countable, uncountable] someone’s ability to remember things, places, experiences etcmemory for She has a terrible memory for names.from memory The pianist played the whole piece from memory.in your memory The image has remained in my memory ever since.2something you remember [countable usually plural] something that you remember from the past about a person, place, or experiencememory of She talked about her memories of the war. He has lots of happy memories of his stay in Japan. When I saw the pictures, the memories came flooding back (=I suddenly had many memories about something).3computer a)[countable] the part of a computer where information can be stored:  The data is stored in the computer’s memory. b)[uncountable] the amount of space that can be used for storing information on a computer:  128 Mb of memory Personal computers now have much increased memory capacity.4in/within memory during the time that people can remember:  the worst floods in living memory (=since the earliest time that people now alive can remember) It’s certainly the best England team in recent memory. The disaster was within the memory of many men still working at the station.5in memory of somebody if something is done or made in memory of someone, it is done to remember them and remind other people of them after they have died:  a statue in memory of those who died in the war She set up a charitable fund in her father’s memory.6somebody’s memory the way you remember someone who has died:  She died over 40 years ago but her memory lives on (=people still remember her).to somebody’s memory There’s a bench to his memory in the local park.7a walk/trip down memory lane when you spend some time remembering the past:  She returned to her old school yesterday for a trip down memory lane.8somebody’s memory is playing tricks on them spoken used to say that someone is remembering things wrongly:  My memory must be playing tricks on me; I’m sure I put that book on the desk.COLLOCATIONS– Meaning 1adjectivesgood/excellent· I wish my memory was as good as yours.bad/poor/terrible· A student with a poor memory may struggle in school.short-term memory (=your ability to remember things that you have just seen, heard, or done)· The drug can damage your short-term memory.long-term memory (=your ability to remember things that happened a long time ago)· Most people's long-term memory is limited.visual memory (=your ability to remember things you have seen)· Poor spellers often have a weak visual memory.a photographic memory (=the ability to remember every detail of things that you have seen)· Unless you have a photographic memory, you forget half of what you read as soon as you close the book.verbsremain/stay/stick in your memory (=be remembered for a long time)· That day will remain in my memory forever.refresh/jog your memory (=help someone to remember something)· Perhaps this photograph will refresh your memory?lose your memory (=become unable to remember things that happened in the past)· The blow on the head caused him to lose his memory.commit something to memory formal (=make yourself remember something)· I've already committed his name to memory.phraseshave a short memory (=if you have a short memory, you soon forget things)· Voters have short memories.have a long memory (=if you have a long memory, you remember things for a long time)· He has a long memory for people who have let him down.have a memory like a sieve (=forget things very easily)· I'm sorry, I have a memory like a sieve. I forgot you were coming today!loss of memory/memory loss (=when you cannot remember things)· The condition can cause dizziness and memory loss.a lapse of memory/a memory lapse (=when you cannot remember something for a short time)· The alcohol seemed to make him suffer lapses of memory.if my memory serves (me correctly/right) (=used to say that you are almost certain you have remembered something correctly)· If my memory serves me correctly, Johnson was also there.something is etched in your memory (=it is impossible to forget)· The date was etched in my memory.COLLOCATIONS– Meaning 2adjectivesADJECTIVES/NOUN + memorygood/bad etc memories· He left school with good memories of his time there.happy/unhappy memories· Many people have unhappy memories of being forced to play team sports.fond memories (=about someone or something you like)· She had fond memories of her aunt and uncle.a painful memory (=very upsetting)· He sobbed as he relived the painful memory.a vivid memory (=very clear and detailed)· I have vivid memories of that summer.a clear memory· I have a clear memory of the first time I met David.a dim/distant memory (=not clear, from a long time ago)· He had only dim memories of his father, who had died when he was four.a vague memory (=not clear)· I have a vague memory of visiting them when I was small.a childhood memory· Going to the farm brought back happy childhood memories.somebody's earliest memory· My earliest memory is of being bitten by a dog.an abiding/enduring/lasting memory (=that you will always have)· The children's abiding memory of their father is of his patience and gentleness.verbshave a/have no memory of something (=remember/not remember something)· She had no memory of the accident.relive a memory (=talk about past events so you remember them again)· Seeing her again was an excuse to relive old memories.bring back memories (also rekindle/revive memories formal) (=make you remember something)· For many older people, the film brought back memories of the war.memories come flooding back (=you suddenly remember things clearly)· Evelyn hugged her daughter, as memories came flooding back to her.a memory fades (=becomes less clear and accurate)· Write down how you felt before the memory fades.phrasesa place is full of memories (=makes you remember things that happened there)· My old home is full of unhappy memories.be haunted by the memory of something (=be unable to forget something unhappy)· He is haunted by memories of his unhappy childhood.shudder/wince at the memory of something (=be upset by remembering something)· She shuddered at the memory of her parents fighting.
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