memory

Universal Words (plural memories) noun ability to remember 1 [C,U] ~ (for sth) your ability to remember things: I have a bad memory for names. * People have short memories (= they soon forget). * He had a long memory for people who had disappointed him. * She can recite the whole poem from memory. * He suffered loss of memory for weeks after the accident. * Are you sure? Memory can play tricks on you. * I quickly committed the number of the car to memory (= learned and remembered it). * The drugs had a severe effect on her short-term memory. 2 [U] the period of time that sb is able to remember events: There hasn't been peace in the country in / within my memory. * It was the worst storm in recent memory. * This hasn't happened in living memory (= nobody alive now can remember it happening). sth you remember 3 [C] a thought of sth that you remember from the past: childhood memories * I have vivid memories of my grandparents. * What is your earliest memory? * The photos bring back lots of good memories. 4 [U] (formal) what is remembered about sb after they have died: Her memory lives on (= we still remember her). * Their behaviour insults the memory of those who died for this country. computing 5 [C,U] the part of a computer where information is stored; the amount of space in a computer for storing information: a computer with 8 megabytes of memory * Have you got enough memory available to run the program? seealsoRAM IDIOMS if (my) memory serves me well, correctly, etc. if I remember correctly in memory of sb