memory Definition

memory
noun memories

1. The ability of the mind to remember.

Example: have a poor memory
Thesaurus: recollection, retention, consciousness, subconsciousness.
2. The mind's store of remembered events, impressions, knowledge and ideas.

Example: searching my memory for the name
Thesaurus: reminiscences, recollections, consciousness, subconscious.
3. The mental processes of memorizing information, retaining it, and recalling it on demand.
4. Any such impression reproduced in the mind.

Example: have no memory of the event
5. computing.
The part of a computer that is used to store data and programs. Also called store.
6. The limit in the past beyond which one's store of mental impressions does not extend.

Example: not within my memory
7. The act of remembering; commemoration.

Example: in memory of old friends
8. Reputation after death.

Example: Her memory is still treasured here

Etymology: 14c: from French memorie, from Latin memor mindful.