recollection

See also re-collection

English

Etymology 1

Via French récollection or the verb recollect, both from Latin recollectus, the past participle of recolligere (“to collect again”), itself from re- + colligere (“to gather”).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ɹɛkəˈlɛkʃən/, X-SAMPA: /r`Ek@"lEkS@n/
• Rhymes: -ɛkʃən

Noun

recollection (usually uncountable; plural recollections)

1. 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; reminiscence; remembrance.
2. The power of recalling ideas to the mind, or the period within which things can be recollected; remembrance

   Alas that distant event isn't within my recollection anymore.

3. That which is recollected; something called to mind; a reminiscence.

   One of his earliest recollections." - Thomas Babington Macaulay.

4. (archaic) (also spelled re-collection) The act or practice of collecting or concentrating the mind; concentration; self-control.

   From such an education Charles contracted habits of gravity and recollection.

Synonyms

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• reminiscence
• remembrance
• memory.

Derived terms

• recollective

Related terms

• recollected

Translations

act of recalling to the memory

• Catalan: record (ca) m
• Dutch: herinnering (nl), herinneren (nl) n
• Finnish: muistaminen (fi), muistelu (fi), muisteleminen (fi)

• Japanese: 記憶 (ja) (きおく, kioku), 思い出 (ja) (おもいで, omoide), 回想 (ja) (かいそう, kaisō)
• Korean: 기억 (ko), 회상 (ko)
• Latin: recordatio (la) f

power of recalling ideas to the mind

• Catalan: record (ca) m
• Dutch: herinnering (nl), geheugen (nl) n
• Finnish: muisti (fi)

• Latin: recordatio (la)
• Scottish Gaelic: cuimhne (gd) f

that which is called to mind

• Breton: koun (br) m
• Catalan: record (ca) m
• Dutch: herinnering (nl)
• Finnish: muisto (fi), muistelma (fi), muistikuva (fi), muistelo (fi)

• Japanese: 記憶 (ja) (きおく, kioku), 思い出 (ja) (おもいで, omoide), 回想 (ja) (かいそう, kaisō)
• Latin: recordatio (la)
• Scottish Gaelic: cuimhne (gd) f

archaic: the act or practice of collecting or concentrating the mind

• Latin: recordatio (la) f

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Translations to be checked

• Mandarin: 記憶 (jìyì, ji4yi4, simplified 记忆)
• French: mémoire

Etymology 2

re- +‎ collection

Pronunciation

Noun

recollection (countable and uncountable; plural recollections)

1. Process of collecting again.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.