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recollection

[ree-kuh-lek-shuhn] Example Sentences

re-col·lec·tion

[ree-kuh-lek-shuhn]
noun
the act of re-collecting or the state of being re-collected.

Origin:
1590–1600; re- + collection

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Recollection is always a great word to know.
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an extraordinary or unusual thing, person, or event; an exceptional example or instance.
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Example Sentences
  • He became one by the time he wrote this recollection of some of his friends.
  • No one to my recollection was ever late to one of these meeting.
  • He also thought that instruction and contact with the world were only necessary for our recollection of this knowledge.
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rec·ol·lec·tion

[rek-uh-lek-shuhn]
noun
1.
the act or power of recollecting, or recalling to mind; remembrance.
2.
something that is recollected: recollections of one's childhood.

Origin:
1635–45; < French récollection or Medieval Latin recollēctiōn- (stem of recollēctiō), equivalent to recollēct(us) (see recollect) + -iōn- -ion

mis·rec·ol·lec·tion, noun
non·rec·ol·lec·tion, noun
self-rec·ol·lec·tion, noun


1. recall. 1, 2. memory. 2. memoir.

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recollection (ˌrɛkəˈlɛkʃən)
 
n
1.  the act of recalling something from memory; the ability to remember
2.  something remembered; a memory

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