English-Thai Dictionary

recollection

N ความทรงจำ  remembrance recall reminiscence kwam-song-jam

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

RECOLLECTION

n. 1. The act of recalling to the memory, as ideas that have escaped; or the operation by which ideas that have escaped; or the operation by which ideas are recalled to the memory or revived in the mind. Recollection differs from remembrance, as it is the consequence of volition, or an effort of the mind to revive ideas; whereas remembrance implies no such volition. We often remember things without any voluntary effort. Recollection is called also reminiscence.
2. The power of recalling ideas to the mind, or the period within which things can be recollected; remembrance. The events mentioned are not within my recollection.
3. In popular language, recollection is used as synonymous with remembrance.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

RECOLLECTION

Rec `ol *lec "tion (rk `l *lk "shn ), n. Etym: [Cf. F. récollection.]

 

1. The act of recollecting, or recalling to the memory; the operation by which objects are recalled to the memory, or ideas revived in the mind; reminiscence; remembrance.

 

2. The power of recalling ideas to the mind, or the period within which things can be recollected; remembrance; memory; as, an event within my recollection.

 

3. That which is recollected; something called to mind; reminiscence. "One of his earliest recollections." Macaulay.

 

4. The act or practice of collecting or concentrating the mind; concentration; self-control. [Archaic ] From such an education Charles contracted habits of gravity and recollection. Robertson.

 

Syn. -- Reminiscence; remembrance. See Memory.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

recollection

rec ol lec tion |ˌrekəˈlekSHən ˌrɛkəˈlɛkʃən | ▶noun the action or faculty of remembering something: to the best of my recollection no one ever had a bad word to say about him. • a thing recollected; a memory: a biography based on his wife's recollections. • Philosophy (in Platonic thought ) anamnesis. DERIVATIVES rec ol lec tive |-tiv |adjective ORIGIN late 16th cent. (denoting gathering things together again ): from French or medieval Latin recollectio (n- ), from the verb recolligere ‘gather again ’ (see recollect ).

 

Oxford Dictionary

recollection

recollection |ˌrɛkəˈlɛkʃ (ə )n | ▶noun [ mass noun ] the action or faculty of remembering or recollecting something: to the best of my recollection no one ever had a bad word to say about him. • [ count noun ] a thing recollected; a memory: a biography based on his wife's recollections. DERIVATIVES recollective adjective ORIGIN late 16th cent. (denoting the action of gathering things together again ): from French or medieval Latin recollectio (n- ), from the verb recolligere ‘gather again ’ (see recollect 1 ).

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

recollection

recollection noun according to my recollection, he was wearing a striped necktie: memory, remembrance, impression, reminiscence.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

recollection

recollection noun Leonard's recollections of his early childhood are vague: memory, remembrance, mental image, impression, reminiscence; technical anamnesis.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

recollection

rec ol lec tion /rèkəlékʃ (ə )n /名詞 複 ～s /-z /｟かたく ｠1 U «…を » 思い出すこと ; «…の » 記憶 , 追憶 (memory ) «of (do ing )» ▸ in [within ] one's recollection 記憶にある ▸ beyond [past ] recollection 思い出せないで ▸ I have no recollection of talking with you about it .そのことであなたと話した記憶がない .2 C 思い出 ▸ What recollections do you have of working with movie stars?映画スターの方々とのお仕事ではどのような思い出がありますか .to (the b è st of ) my recoll é ction 私が思い出せる限りでは .