memory
♦♦ memo|ry /m'eməri/ (memories)
1 [N-VAR] oft poss N
Your memory is your ability to remember things.
All the details of the meeting are fresh in my memory...
He'd a good memory for faces, and he was sure he hadn't seen her before...
But locals with long memories thought this was fair revenge for the injustice of 1961...
2 [N-COUNT] usu with supp, oft N of n
A memory is something that you remember from the past.
She cannot bear to watch the film because of the bad memories it brings back...
Her earliest memory is of singing at the age of four to wounded soldiers...
He had happy memories of his father.
3 [N-COUNT]
A computer's memory is the part of the computer where information is stored, especially for a short time before it is transferred to disks or magnetic tapes. (COMPUTING)
The data are stored in the computer's memory.
4 [N-SING] usu with poss, also in N of n
If you talk about the memory of someone who has died, especially someone who was loved or respected, you are referring to the thoughts, actions, and ceremonies by which they are remembered.
She remained devoted to his memory...
The congress opened with a minute's silence in memory of those who died in the struggle.
5 [PHRASE] PHR after v
If you do something from memory, for example speak the words of a poem or play a piece of music, you do it without looking at it, because you know it very well.
Many members of the church sang from memory...
6 [PHRASE] n/adj PHR, usu with adj-superl/brd-neg
If you say that something is, for example, the best, worst, or first thing of its kind in living memory, you are emphasizing that it is the only thing of that kind that people can remember.
The floods are the worst in living memory...
7 [PHRASE] V inflects
If you lose your memory, you forget things that you used to know.
His illness caused him to lose his memory.
8
to commit something to memory: see commitmemo|ry card (memory cards)
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A memory card is a type of card containing computer memory that is used in digital cameras and other devices. (COMPUTING)memo|ry chip (memory chips)
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In a computer, the memory chip is the microchip in which information is stored.vir|tual memo|ry
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Virtual memory is a computing technique in which you increase the size of a computer's memory by arranging or storing the data in it in a different way. (COMPUTING)
1 [N-VAR] oft poss N
Your memory is your ability to remember things.
All the details of the meeting are fresh in my memory...
He'd a good memory for faces, and he was sure he hadn't seen her before...
But locals with long memories thought this was fair revenge for the injustice of 1961...
2 [N-COUNT] usu with supp, oft N of n
A memory is something that you remember from the past.
She cannot bear to watch the film because of the bad memories it brings back...
Her earliest memory is of singing at the age of four to wounded soldiers...
He had happy memories of his father.
3 [N-COUNT]
A computer's memory is the part of the computer where information is stored, especially for a short time before it is transferred to disks or magnetic tapes. (COMPUTING)
The data are stored in the computer's memory.
4 [N-SING] usu with poss, also in N of n
If you talk about the memory of someone who has died, especially someone who was loved or respected, you are referring to the thoughts, actions, and ceremonies by which they are remembered.
She remained devoted to his memory...
The congress opened with a minute's silence in memory of those who died in the struggle.
5 [PHRASE] PHR after v
If you do something from memory, for example speak the words of a poem or play a piece of music, you do it without looking at it, because you know it very well.
Many members of the church sang from memory...
6 [PHRASE] n/adj PHR, usu with adj-superl/brd-neg
If you say that something is, for example, the best, worst, or first thing of its kind in living memory, you are emphasizing that it is the only thing of that kind that people can remember.
The floods are the worst in living memory...
7 [PHRASE] V inflects
If you lose your memory, you forget things that you used to know.
His illness caused him to lose his memory.
8
to commit something to memory: see commitmemo|ry card (memory cards)
[N-COUNT]
A memory card is a type of card containing computer memory that is used in digital cameras and other devices. (COMPUTING)memo|ry chip (memory chips)
[N-COUNT]
In a computer, the memory chip is the microchip in which information is stored.vir|tual memo|ry
[N-UNCOUNT]
Virtual memory is a computing technique in which you increase the size of a computer's memory by arranging or storing the data in it in a different way. (COMPUTING)