Memory

noun

/ˈmɛm(ə)ɹi/

Word Frequency: 67.3

Definitions

1.nounThe ability of the brain to record information or impressions with the facility of recalling them later at will.

"Memory is a facility common to all animals."

2.nounA record of a thing or an event stored and available for later use by the organism.

"I have no memory of that event."

3.nounThe part of a computer that stores variable executable code or data (RAM) or unalterable executable code or default data (ROM).

"This data passes from the CPU to the memory."

4.nounThe time within which past events can be or are remembered.

"in recent memory; in living memory"

5.noun(of a material) which returns to its original shape when heated

"Memory metal; memory plastic."

6.nounA memorial.

7.noun(collective) A term of venery for a social group of elephants, normally called a herd.