memory
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
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- adjective
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
something that is remembered
search as he would, the memory was lost
Types & categories
- representation hypernym
- reminiscence hyponym
- recollection hyponym
- engram hyponym
- confabulation hyponym
- screen memory hyponym
Related & opposite
- memorize derivation
Sense 2 noun
the cognitive processes whereby past experience is remembered
he can do it from memory
Types & categories
- basic cognitive process hypernym
- short-term memory hyponym
- working memory hyponym
- long-term memory hyponym
- retrieval hyponym
- recollection hyponym
- recognition hyponym
- connexion hyponym
- retrospection hyponym
Related & opposite
- memorize derivation
- recall derivation
- think back derivation
- remember derivation
Sense 3 noun
the power of retaining and recalling past experience
he had a good memory when he was younger
Types & categories
- module hypernym
- recollection hyponym
Related & opposite
Sense 4 noun
an electronic memory device
a memory and the CPU form the central part of a computer to which peripherals are attached
Types & categories
- computer hardware hypernym
- memory device hypernym
- non-volatile storage hyponym
- read-only memory hyponym
- real storage hyponym
- scratchpad hyponym
- virtual memory hyponym
- volatile storage hyponym
Parts & wholes
Sense 5 noun
the area of cognitive psychology that studies memory processes
he taught a graduate course on learning and memory
Types & categories
- cognitive psychology hypernym
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | memorize |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | representation |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | reminiscence |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | recollection |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | engram |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | confabulation |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | screen memory |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | memorize |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | recall |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | think back |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | remember |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | basic cognitive process |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | short-term memory |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | working memory |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | long-term memory |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | retrieval |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | recollection |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | recognition |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | connexion |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | retrospection |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | memorize |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | retain |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | tenacious |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | module |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | recollection |
| 4 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | computer |
| 4 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | register |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | computer hardware |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | memory device |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | non-volatile storage |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | read-only memory |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | real storage |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | scratchpad |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | virtual memory |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | volatile storage |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | cognitive psychology |