memory

mem|o|ry [ `mem(ə)ri ] noun ***

1. ) count something that you remember:

The memory of that night is still clear in his mind.

memory of: I don't have many good memories of my school days.

a vivid memory (=a very clear memory): What are your most vivid memories of that period?

a ) singular the ability to remember things:

a memory test

He searched his memory but couldn't recall where he'd seen her before.

Your memory tends to get worse as you get older.

My memory was playing tricks on me (=I was not remembering things correctly).

have a good/bad memory for something (=usually be able or not be able to remember something): I've never had a very good memory for names.

short-term/long-term memory (=what you can remember from the recent or distant past): The drug has been shown to improve your short-term memory.

b ) singular the fact that people remember a particular person or event:

Her memory will live on forever (=people will always remember her).

A small monument was erected to the memory of those who died.

2. ) count the part of a computer in which information, instructions, and programs are stored

a ) count or uncount the size of this part of a computer:

This particular model has 256 megabytes of memory.

do something from memory

to do something that you remember learning in the past but have not done recently:

The three of us sang the whole song from memory.

if my memory serves me (well/right/correctly) SPOKEN

used for saying that you think you have remembered something correctly:

He was mayor from 1945 to 1949, if my memory serves me correctly.

have a memory like a sieve

to not be able to remember things well

in living memory

as far back in time as people can remember:

This was the biggest earthquake in living memory.

in memory of someone

in honor of someone who has died, so that people will remember them:

The movie was made in memory of his grandfather.

a trip/walk down memory lane INFORMAL

an occasion when people remember or talk about things that happened in the past