recollectverb [ I or T ]
uk/ˌrek.əˈlekt/us/ˌrek.əˈlekt/formalC2 to remember something:
Can you recollect his name?
As far as I can recollect, his name is Edward.
[ + (that) ] She suddenly recollected (that) she had left her jacket in the restaurant.
[ + question word ] Do you recollect where she went?
[ + -ing verb ] He does not recollect seeing her at the party.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Remembering, reminding and reminders
- a blast from the past idiom
- aide-mémoire
- be engraved on sb's memory/mind idiom
- be etched on/in sb's memory idiom
- be your epitaph idiom
- clock
- echo
- imprint
- indelible
- jog sb's memory idiom
- keepsake
- let's see idiom
- pat
- recall
- ring a bell idiom
- souvenir
- stamped on sb's memory idiom
- stick in sb's mind/head/memory idiom
- store
- take sb back
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