Etimology
From Anglo-Norman memorie, Old French memoire etc., from Latin memoria (“the faculty of remembering, remembrance, memory, a historical account”), from memor (“mindful, remembering”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)mer- (to remember), related to Ancient Greek μνήμη (mnḗmē, “memory”) μέρμερος (mérmeros, “anxious”), μέριμνα (mérimna, “care, thought”), Old English mimor (“mindful, remembering”). More at mimmer. Doublet of memoir and memoria. Displaced native Old English ġemynd.
noun
memory (countable and uncountable, plural memories)
(uncountable) The ability of the brain to record information or impressions with the facility of recalling them later at will.
A record of a thing or an event stored and available for later use by the organism.
(computing) The part of a computer that stores variable executable code or data (RAM) or unalterable executable code or default data (ROM).
The time within which past events can be or are remembered.
(attributive, of a material) Which returns to its original shape when heated
(obsolete) A memorial.
Synonym of pelmanism (“memory card game”).
(zoology, collective, rare) A term of venery for a social group of elephants, normally called a herd.
Examples
Synonym: recall
Memory is a facility common to all animals.
Synonyms: recall, recollection
I have no memory of that event.
My wedding is one of my happiest memories.
Synonym: core
This data passes from the CPU to the memory.
My first microcomputer had 12K of memory. When I expanded to a full 64K, I thought I had all the memory I'd ever need. Hah. I know better now.
in recent memory
in living memory
memory metal
memory plastic
These weeds are memories of those worser hours.
After he saw her a few more times, Mr. Cherkasky asked Ms. Cochrane out on a date in May 2008 to Central Park. He brought along some games to break the ice, and Ms. Cochrane brought cupcakes. They found a quiet place to sit and played Memory and Yahtzee, both of which were new to Ms. Cochrane.
One example of that would be a memory game that I originally worked on with a friend of mine at Ovrflo Media some time ago. If you aren't familiar with the game of memory, it's a matching game where you are presented with several cards in the facedown position.
Related words
related terms
memo
memoir
memorable
memorandum
memorate
memorial
memorise, memorize
memory bank
memory card
memory foam
memory lane
memory-ridden