Recollection
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kəˈlɛk noun
the act of re-collecting or the state of being re-collected.
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noun
1.
the act or power of recollecting, or recalling to mind; remembrance.
2.
something that is recollected: recollections of one's childhood.
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Recollection
is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
| a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes. |
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recollection (ˌrɛkəˈlɛkʃən) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | the act of recalling something from memory; the ability to remember |
| 2. | something remembered; a memory |
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Example sentences
All theories of memory acknowledge that remembering requires two cooperating processes: familiarity and recollection.
Both these soldiers had no recollection of the events.
He became one by the time he wrote this recollection of some of his friends.
My recollection of inflation rates would suggest that the graph simply reflects inflation expectations.
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