Definition of Memory

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Memory

The faculty of the mind by which it retains the knowledge of previous thoughts, impressions, or events.

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.

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

The time within which past events can be or are remembered; as, within the memory of man.

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.

A memorial.

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Memory Quotations

Memory is deceptive because it is colored by today's events.
Albert Einstein

No man has a good enough memory to be a successful liar.
Abraham Lincoln

Yesterday is but today's memory, and tomorrow is today's dream.
Kahlil Gibran

Many a man fails as an original thinker simply because his memory it too good.
Friedrich Nietzsche

So long as the memory of certain beloved friends lives in my heart, I shall say that life is good.
Helen Keller

Drugs are a waste of time. They destroy your memory and your self-respect and everything that goes along with with your self esteem.
Kurt Cobain

No memory of having starred atones for later disregard, or keeps the end from being hard.
Robert Frost

Alas! how little does the memory of these human inhabitants enhance the beauty of the landscape!
Henry David Thoreau

Yesterday's just a memory, tomorrow is never what it's supposed to be.
Bob Dylan

Memory... is the diary that we all carry about with us.
Oscar Wilde

Memory Translations

memory in Afrikaans is herinnering
memory in Danish is erindring, hukommelse
memory in Dutch is geheugen, heugenis, herinnering
memory in Italian is ricordo, ricordo, deposito
memory in Latin is recordatio, memoria, animus
memory in Spanish is recordacion, memoria
memory in Swedish is minne

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