Dictionary Check: memory

"memory" is a valid word!

Scrabble 13 points
Words with Friends 14 points

Definition

noun

something that is remembered

Example: "search as he would, the memory was lost"
noun

the cognitive processes whereby past experience is remembered

Example: "he can do it from memory"
Synonyms:
noun

the power of retaining and recalling past experience

Example: "he had a good memory when he was younger"
noun

an electronic memory device

Example: "a memory and the CPU form the central part of a computer to which peripherals are attached"
noun

the area of cognitive psychology that studies memory processes

Example: "he taught a graduate course on learning and memory"

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