recollection

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

rec·ol·lec·tion [recollection recollections] BrE [ˌrekəˈlekʃn] NAmE [ˌrekəˈlekʃn] noun (formal)
1. uncountable the ability to remember sth; the act of remembering sth
Syn: ↑memory
•~ (of doing sth) I have no recollection of meeting her before.
•~ (of sth) My recollection of events differs from his.
•To the best of my recollection (= if I remember correctly) I was not present at that meeting.
2. countable a thing that you remember from the past
Syn: ↑memory
•to have a clear/vivid/dim/vague recollection of sth
•his early recollections of his father

Word 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’, from re- ‘back’ + colligere ‘collect’.

Example Bank:
•He smiled fondly at the recollection.
•I have absolutely no recollection of the incident.
•I have only a vague recollection of sunshine and sand.
•It was great to meet with old friends and share recollections.
•She smiled faintly in recollection of all the fun times they'd had together.
•She stared at him in sudden recollection.
•The novel is based on recollections of his childhood in Shanghai.
•The place brought back painful recollections.
•To the best of my recollection, he was not there that day.
•recollections from Eliot's own life
•To the best of my recollection I was not present at that meeting.

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  recall, reminiscence, remembrance, anamnesis