Collocations for "memory"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "memory" in context.
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memory
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.n
- a [good, sharp, slow, great, terrible, failing] memory
- an excellent memory for [names, faces, dates]
- your [short, long] term memory
- has a [good, terrible] [short] term memory
- my [earliest, fondest, sweetest] memory
- one of my [earliest] memories
- [RAM, disc, internal, computer, device] memory
- [2GB] of memory
- her memory is failing her
- is losing his memory
- searched her memory for the [answer, clue, name]
- had no memory of the [accident, incident, fall]
- her mind had [buried, quashed, banished] all memory of (the accident)
- [boost, improve, better] your memory
- she smiled at the memory
- [exercises, tips, games] to [boost] your memory
- to honor the memory of her [dad, friend]
- a [vigil, service, ceremony] in memory of
- in memory of (the victims)
- the [longest, fastest, best] in living memory
- the worst [performance, slump, results, recession] in recent memory
- store [files, code, information] in the computer memory
- a memory [boost, card, upgrade, stick]
'memory' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
blank
- blessed
- blur
- blurred
- booster
- brand
- buffer
- burn
- camera
- candle
- childhood
- chip
- cloudy
- column
- compatible
- deceive
- dim
- distant
- donate
- drain
- dual
- dull
- erase
- etch
- exercise
- fade
- fading
- faint
- fallen
- fickle
- fix
- flash
- foam
- foggy
- format
- fresh
- fuzzy
- guide
- hazy
- hog
- honor
- impairment
- imprint
- in living memory
- internal
- knife
- lapse
- laptop
- live
- living