Definition of recollection in English:

recollection

noun ˌrɛkəˈlɛkʃ(ə)nˌrɛkəˈlɛkʃ(ə)n

mass noun

1The action or faculty of remembering or recollecting something.
to the best of my recollection no one ever had a bad word to say about him
Example sentencesExamples
- To the best of our recollection, the aircraft was ready to taxi at 17:30.
- I mean, we can only answer your questions to the best of our recollection.
- To the best of my recollection the ‘average’ lifespan for marriages in the UK is anywhere between five to seven years.
- To the best of my recollection I've never met Pomeroy or spoken to him.
- To the best of my recollection I rang up Mr. O'Donnell within 24 hours of the meeting… instructing him to form the company.
- To the best of my recollection the person involved denied it in a public meeting.
- It was a wonderful night of celebration and recollection as several generations of employees and their families came together.
- A quick glance through the textbooks and some recollection of what the teacher said in class, should be enough to shortlist the broad areas of study.
- Well, I had a meeting that went for over an hour, by my recollection.
- In the early stages, to the best of my recollection, I heard spoken words the way you hear notes played on a musical instrument.
- And she would shrug in recollection, unable to remember anything except that dull relief.
- Before I went to high school, I had never heard of this, to the best of my recollection.
- Paul eventually dragged me away from the dark spiral of regret and recollection plying me with heavy doses of bourbon.
- He said that to the best of his recollection he received the letter dated 11 January 1999 in the ordinary post.
- He lay there, his eyes closed, remembering, experiencing again through recollection.
- But in the Bible remembering is more than mental recollection of facts.
- His designs are shot through with recollection and homage, sentiment and a love of architecture, legacy and vocation.
- To the best of my recollection, two men were put on the job.
- To the best of my recollection, Stanley played the part of a man who was persuaded by Satan to have a television, one of the first in his street, in his home.
- In her recollection of everyday experiences, there is a questioning of the value of everyday objects and existential experiences.
1. 1.1count noun A thing recollected; a memory.
  a biography based on his wife's recollections
  Example sentencesExamples
  He told police after the incident that he had no recollection of what had happened but described his driving as ‘nice and easy’ shortly before the crash.
  There are no indiscretions; what matters are the personal insights and her recollections.
  I would love to know a little about the stories involved, your memories, feelings and recollections.
  His recollections will be of particular interest to his mother.
  His memory was phenomenal and he wrote extensively of his recollections of his own life and times.
  I remembered taking it out of my purse but had no recollection of what I did with it next.
  He has relied on the recollections of his wife Wendy and the other passengers to fill in the gaps in his memory.
  And their recollections perhaps provide a more illuminating insight into the McLeish story.
  I didn't know anything about English grammatical rules, because I certainly have no recollection of studying any such.
  Latter as she sat in the small isolation cell she only had a vague recollection of their conversation.
  All over the UK it seemed, there were people who wanted to share their recollections of how life used to be lived.
  She laughed and Eddie chuckled at her fond recollections of her mischievous nephew.
  She filled the margins with recollections of special memories and funny phrases.
  Everybody who has met her has their own special memories of the occasion, and it is those recollections that we would like you to share with us.
  Conversely, I do have vivid personal recollections of Watergate, which started only a year or two later.
  These old records should be of great interest to many and spark off many conversations and recollections.
  His earliest recollection of becoming involved as a hobbyist was when in the early seventies he purchased two pairs of canaries for his young son Eric.
  It is not unusual for former law clerks to have fond recollections of the judge they worked for.
  He was still a child when his father started working on the computer, but has vivid recollections of that period.
  The woman said she had only a hazy recollection of events.
  Synonyms
  memory, remembrance, mental image, impression, reminiscence
  technical anamnesis

Derivatives

recollective

adjective

Just to test it, they'll go on the computer or meet with friends even when they know they're grounded, counting on our feeble recollective abilities to get away with it.
Example sentencesExamples
- The reason animators use familiar voices is that immediate connection the audience makes with a character whose speech strikes a recollective chord.

Origin

Late 16th century (denoting the action of gathering things together again): from French or medieval Latin recollectio(n-), from the verb recolligere 'gather again' (see recollect¹).

Definition of recollection in US English:

recollection

nounˌrekəˈlekSH(ə)nˌrɛkəˈlɛkʃ(ə)n

1The action or faculty of remembering something.
to the best of my recollection no one ever had a bad word to say about him
Example sentencesExamples
- To the best of my recollection I've never met Pomeroy or spoken to him.
- In her recollection of everyday experiences, there is a questioning of the value of everyday objects and existential experiences.
- And she would shrug in recollection, unable to remember anything except that dull relief.
- To the best of my recollection the person involved denied it in a public meeting.
- But in the Bible remembering is more than mental recollection of facts.
- He lay there, his eyes closed, remembering, experiencing again through recollection.
- It was a wonderful night of celebration and recollection as several generations of employees and their families came together.
- A quick glance through the textbooks and some recollection of what the teacher said in class, should be enough to shortlist the broad areas of study.
- Paul eventually dragged me away from the dark spiral of regret and recollection plying me with heavy doses of bourbon.
- To the best of my recollection, two men were put on the job.
- To the best of our recollection, the aircraft was ready to taxi at 17:30.
- Before I went to high school, I had never heard of this, to the best of my recollection.
- He said that to the best of his recollection he received the letter dated 11 January 1999 in the ordinary post.
- Well, I had a meeting that went for over an hour, by my recollection.
- To the best of my recollection I rang up Mr. O'Donnell within 24 hours of the meeting… instructing him to form the company.
- His designs are shot through with recollection and homage, sentiment and a love of architecture, legacy and vocation.
- In the early stages, to the best of my recollection, I heard spoken words the way you hear notes played on a musical instrument.
- To the best of my recollection the ‘average’ lifespan for marriages in the UK is anywhere between five to seven years.
- To the best of my recollection, Stanley played the part of a man who was persuaded by Satan to have a television, one of the first in his street, in his home.
- I mean, we can only answer your questions to the best of our recollection.
1. 1.1 A thing recollected; a memory.
  a biography based on his wife's recollections
  Example sentencesExamples
  All over the UK it seemed, there were people who wanted to share their recollections of how life used to be lived.
  She filled the margins with recollections of special memories and funny phrases.
  His earliest recollection of becoming involved as a hobbyist was when in the early seventies he purchased two pairs of canaries for his young son Eric.
  There are no indiscretions; what matters are the personal insights and her recollections.
  It is not unusual for former law clerks to have fond recollections of the judge they worked for.
  He told police after the incident that he had no recollection of what had happened but described his driving as ‘nice and easy’ shortly before the crash.
  He has relied on the recollections of his wife Wendy and the other passengers to fill in the gaps in his memory.
  The woman said she had only a hazy recollection of events.
  I didn't know anything about English grammatical rules, because I certainly have no recollection of studying any such.
  Latter as she sat in the small isolation cell she only had a vague recollection of their conversation.
  Conversely, I do have vivid personal recollections of Watergate, which started only a year or two later.
  I remembered taking it out of my purse but had no recollection of what I did with it next.
  Everybody who has met her has their own special memories of the occasion, and it is those recollections that we would like you to share with us.
  She laughed and Eddie chuckled at her fond recollections of her mischievous nephew.
  And their recollections perhaps provide a more illuminating insight into the McLeish story.
  I would love to know a little about the stories involved, your memories, feelings and recollections.
  His memory was phenomenal and he wrote extensively of his recollections of his own life and times.
  These old records should be of great interest to many and spark off many conversations and recollections.
  His recollections will be of particular interest to his mother.
  He was still a child when his father started working on the computer, but has vivid recollections of that period.
  Synonyms
  memory, remembrance, mental image, impression, reminiscence
2. 1.2Philosophy (in Platonic thought) anamnesis.
  Example sentencesExamples
  But it also implies a rejection of the Platonic doctrine that learning is a recollection of previously known Forms.
  Further comparisons arise with Plato's doctrine of recollection.
  Scholars disagree on the nature and role of this recollection in Plato's epistemology, and most subsequent Platonists demur from it.
  Historical research would be a work of recollection in the Platonic sense, a clarifying of knowledge which man already possesses.

Origin

Late 16th century (denoting the action of gathering things together again): from French or medieval Latin recollectio(n-), from the verb recolligere ‘gather again’ (see recollect).

单词	recollection
释义	Definition of recollection in English: recollection noun ˌrɛkəˈlɛkʃ(ə)nˌrɛkəˈlɛkʃ(ə)n mass noun 1The action or faculty of remembering or recollecting something. to the best of my recollection no one ever had a bad word to say about him Example sentencesExamples To the best of our recollection, the aircraft was ready to taxi at 17:30. I mean, we can only answer your questions to the best of our recollection. To the best of my recollection the ‘average’ lifespan for marriages in the UK is anywhere between five to seven years. To the best of my recollection I've never met Pomeroy or spoken to him. To the best of my recollection I rang up Mr. O'Donnell within 24 hours of the meeting… instructing him to form the company. To the best of my recollection the person involved denied it in a public meeting. It was a wonderful night of celebration and recollection as several generations of employees and their families came together. A quick glance through the textbooks and some recollection of what the teacher said in class, should be enough to shortlist the broad areas of study. Well, I had a meeting that went for over an hour, by my recollection. In the early stages, to the best of my recollection, I heard spoken words the way you hear notes played on a musical instrument. And she would shrug in recollection, unable to remember anything except that dull relief. Before I went to high school, I had never heard of this, to the best of my recollection. Paul eventually dragged me away from the dark spiral of regret and recollection plying me with heavy doses of bourbon. He said that to the best of his recollection he received the letter dated 11 January 1999 in the ordinary post. He lay there, his eyes closed, remembering, experiencing again through recollection. But in the Bible remembering is more than mental recollection of facts. His designs are shot through with recollection and homage, sentiment and a love of architecture, legacy and vocation. To the best of my recollection, two men were put on the job. To the best of my recollection, Stanley played the part of a man who was persuaded by Satan to have a television, one of the first in his street, in his home. In her recollection of everyday experiences, there is a questioning of the value of everyday objects and existential experiences. 1.1count noun A thing recollected; a memory. a biography based on his wife's recollections Example sentencesExamples He told police after the incident that he had no recollection of what had happened but described his driving as ‘nice and easy’ shortly before the crash. There are no indiscretions; what matters are the personal insights and her recollections. I would love to know a little about the stories involved, your memories, feelings and recollections. His recollections will be of particular interest to his mother. His memory was phenomenal and he wrote extensively of his recollections of his own life and times. I remembered taking it out of my purse but had no recollection of what I did with it next. He has relied on the recollections of his wife Wendy and the other passengers to fill in the gaps in his memory. And their recollections perhaps provide a more illuminating insight into the McLeish story. I didn't know anything about English grammatical rules, because I certainly have no recollection of studying any such. Latter as she sat in the small isolation cell she only had a vague recollection of their conversation. All over the UK it seemed, there were people who wanted to share their recollections of how life used to be lived. She laughed and Eddie chuckled at her fond recollections of her mischievous nephew. She filled the margins with recollections of special memories and funny phrases. Everybody who has met her has their own special memories of the occasion, and it is those recollections that we would like you to share with us. Conversely, I do have vivid personal recollections of Watergate, which started only a year or two later. These old records should be of great interest to many and spark off many conversations and recollections. His earliest recollection of becoming involved as a hobbyist was when in the early seventies he purchased two pairs of canaries for his young son Eric. It is not unusual for former law clerks to have fond recollections of the judge they worked for. He was still a child when his father started working on the computer, but has vivid recollections of that period. The woman said she had only a hazy recollection of events. Synonyms memory, remembrance, mental image, impression, reminiscence technical anamnesis Derivatives recollective adjective Just to test it, they'll go on the computer or meet with friends even when they know they're grounded, counting on our feeble recollective abilities to get away with it. Example sentencesExamples The reason animators use familiar voices is that immediate connection the audience makes with a character whose speech strikes a recollective chord. Origin Late 16th century (denoting the action of gathering things together again): from French or medieval Latin recollectio(n-), from the verb recolligere 'gather again' (see recollect¹). Definition of recollection in US English: recollection nounˌrekəˈlekSH(ə)nˌrɛkəˈlɛkʃ(ə)n 1The action or faculty of remembering something. to the best of my recollection no one ever had a bad word to say about him Example sentencesExamples To the best of my recollection I've never met Pomeroy or spoken to him. In her recollection of everyday experiences, there is a questioning of the value of everyday objects and existential experiences. And she would shrug in recollection, unable to remember anything except that dull relief. To the best of my recollection the person involved denied it in a public meeting. But in the Bible remembering is more than mental recollection of facts. He lay there, his eyes closed, remembering, experiencing again through recollection. It was a wonderful night of celebration and recollection as several generations of employees and their families came together. A quick glance through the textbooks and some recollection of what the teacher said in class, should be enough to shortlist the broad areas of study. Paul eventually dragged me away from the dark spiral of regret and recollection plying me with heavy doses of bourbon. To the best of my recollection, two men were put on the job. To the best of our recollection, the aircraft was ready to taxi at 17:30. Before I went to high school, I had never heard of this, to the best of my recollection. He said that to the best of his recollection he received the letter dated 11 January 1999 in the ordinary post. Well, I had a meeting that went for over an hour, by my recollection. To the best of my recollection I rang up Mr. O'Donnell within 24 hours of the meeting… instructing him to form the company. His designs are shot through with recollection and homage, sentiment and a love of architecture, legacy and vocation. In the early stages, to the best of my recollection, I heard spoken words the way you hear notes played on a musical instrument. To the best of my recollection the ‘average’ lifespan for marriages in the UK is anywhere between five to seven years. To the best of my recollection, Stanley played the part of a man who was persuaded by Satan to have a television, one of the first in his street, in his home. I mean, we can only answer your questions to the best of our recollection. 1.1 A thing recollected; a memory. a biography based on his wife's recollections Example sentencesExamples All over the UK it seemed, there were people who wanted to share their recollections of how life used to be lived. She filled the margins with recollections of special memories and funny phrases. His earliest recollection of becoming involved as a hobbyist was when in the early seventies he purchased two pairs of canaries for his young son Eric. There are no indiscretions; what matters are the personal insights and her recollections. It is not unusual for former law clerks to have fond recollections of the judge they worked for. He told police after the incident that he had no recollection of what had happened but described his driving as ‘nice and easy’ shortly before the crash. He has relied on the recollections of his wife Wendy and the other passengers to fill in the gaps in his memory. The woman said she had only a hazy recollection of events. I didn't know anything about English grammatical rules, because I certainly have no recollection of studying any such. Latter as she sat in the small isolation cell she only had a vague recollection of their conversation. Conversely, I do have vivid personal recollections of Watergate, which started only a year or two later. I remembered taking it out of my purse but had no recollection of what I did with it next. Everybody who has met her has their own special memories of the occasion, and it is those recollections that we would like you to share with us. She laughed and Eddie chuckled at her fond recollections of her mischievous nephew. And their recollections perhaps provide a more illuminating insight into the McLeish story. I would love to know a little about the stories involved, your memories, feelings and recollections. His memory was phenomenal and he wrote extensively of his recollections of his own life and times. These old records should be of great interest to many and spark off many conversations and recollections. His recollections will be of particular interest to his mother. He was still a child when his father started working on the computer, but has vivid recollections of that period. Synonyms memory, remembrance, mental image, impression, reminiscence 1.2Philosophy (in Platonic thought) anamnesis. Example sentencesExamples But it also implies a rejection of the Platonic doctrine that learning is a recollection of previously known Forms. Further comparisons arise with Plato's doctrine of recollection. Scholars disagree on the nature and role of this recollection in Plato's epistemology, and most subsequent Platonists demur from it. Historical research would be a work of recollection in the Platonic sense, a clarifying of knowledge which man already possesses. Origin Late 16th century (denoting the action of gathering things together again): from French or medieval Latin recollectio(n-), from the verb recolligere ‘gather again’ (see recollect).
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