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Memory

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

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Narrower term 14

Anamnesis 76% connected

A recalling to mind; recollection.

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Association 76% connected

The act of associating, or state of being associated; union; connection, whether of persons of things.

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Confabulation 76% connected

Familiar talk; easy, unrestrained, unceremonious conversation.

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Connection 76% connected

The act of connecting, or the state of being connected; junction; union; alliance; relationship.

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Connexion 76% connected

Connection. See Connection.

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Identification 76% connected

The act of identifying, or proving to be the same; also, the state of being identified.

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Recall 76% connected

To call back; to summon to return; as, to recall troops; to recall an ambassador.

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Recognition 76% connected

The act of recognizing, or the state of being recognized; acknowledgment; formal avowal; knowledge confessed or avowed; notice.

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Recollection 76% connected

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; reminis…

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Remembrance 76% connected

The act of remembering; a holding in mind, or bringing to mind; recollection.

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Reminiscence 76% connected

The act or power of recalling past experience; the state of being reminiscent; remembrance; memory.

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Retrieval 76% connected

The act retrieving.

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Retrospection 76% connected

The act, or the faculty, of looking back on things past.

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working memory 76% connected

The small amount of information the mind can actively use at one time.

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Broader term 4

Faculty 76% connected

Ability to act or perform, whether inborn or cultivated; capacity for any natural function; especially, an original mental power or capacity for any…

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Hardware 76% connected

Ware made of metal, as cutlery, kitchen utensils, and the like; ironmongery.

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Module 76% connected

A model or measure.

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Representation 76% connected

The act of representing, in any sense of the verb.

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Derivationally related 4

Con 74% connected

Against the affirmative side; in opposition; on the negative side; -- The antithesis of pro, and usually in connection with it. See Pro.

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Con 74% connected

Against the affirmative side; in opposition; on the negative side; -- The antithesis of pro, and usually in connection with it. See Pro.

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Learn 74% connected

To gain knowledge or information of; to ascertain by inquiry, study, or investigation; to receive instruction concerning; to fix in the mind; to acqu…

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Learn 74% connected

To gain knowledge or information of; to ascertain by inquiry, study, or investigation; to receive instruction concerning; to fix in the mind; to acqu…

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Computer 70% connected

One who computes.

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Register 70% connected

A written account or entry; an official or formal enumeration, description, or record; a memorial record; a list or roll; a schedule.

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Remembering 92% connected

of Remember

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Retention 92% connected

The act of retaining, or the state of being ratined.

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Retentiveness 92% connected

The quality of being retentive.

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Retentivity 92% connected

The power of retaining; retentive force; as, the retentivity of a magnet.

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Storage 92% connected

The act of depositing in a store or warehouse for safe keeping; also, the safe keeping of goods in a warehouse.

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Store 92% connected

That which is accumulated, or massed together; a source from which supplies may be drawn; hence, an abundance; a great quantity, or a great number.

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