memory

1. n. The faculty of the mind by which it retains the knowledge of previous thoughts, impressions, or events. Source: opted

2. n. The reach and positiveness with which a person can remember; the strength and trustworthiness of one's power to reach and represent or to recall the past; as, his memory was never wrong. Source: opted

3. n. The actual and distinct retention and recognition of past ideas in the mind; remembrance; as, in memory of youth; memories of foreign lands. Source: opted

4. n. The time within which past events can be or are remembered; as, within the memory of man. Source: opted

5. n. Something, or an aggregate of things, remembered; hence, character, conduct, etc., as preserved in remembrance, history, or tradition; posthumous fame; as, the war became only a memory. Source: opted

6. n. A memorial. Source: opted

7. n. something that is remembered Source: wordnet

8. n. the cognitive processes whereby past experience is remembered Source: wordnet

9. n. the power of retaining and recalling past experience Source: wordnet

10. n. an electronic memory device Source: wordnet

11. n. the area of cognitive psychology that studies memory processes Source: wordnet

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