recall knowledge from memory; have a recollection; "I can't remember saying any such thing"; "I can't think what her last name was"; "can you remember her phone number?"; "Do you remember that he once loved you?"; "call up memories"
Used in a Sentence
recollect
How to use recollect in a sentence. Example sentences and definitions for recollect.
Editorial note
I still find a lump in my throat when I recollect those days.
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Definitions1
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Quick take
recall knowledge from memory; have a recollection; "I can't remember saying any such thing"; "I can't think what her last name was"; "can you remember her phone number?"; "Do you remember that he once loved you?"; "call up memories"
Meaning at a glance
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Definitions
Core meanings and parts of speech for recollect.
verb
recall knowledge from memory; have a recollection; "I can't remember saying any such thing"; "I can't think what her last name was"; "can you remember her phone number?"; "Do you remember that he once loved you?"; "call up memories"
Example sentences
I still find a lump in my throat when I recollect those days.
I used to know it...", happens less frequently and I can recollect facts much faster.
* There are multitudes of paint bases, all the ones I can recollect are transparent with a yellow/brown tinge.
I have been reading Hacker News for several years, and I don't recollect having read this article before.
Aside from all the other interesting history, it's great to recollect the pre-spandex, pre-"fashion" days of the sport.
Maybe I'm just not in the right areas of the airport, but I can never recollect seeing anyone armed beyond a small pistol in the airport.
Academics assumes that you can memorize, recollect from the memory and invent.
I do recollect reading somewhere that at some point of time Indonesia was controlled from Kalinga but can't seem to find a reference any more.
I strongly recollect hearing python developers promoting the idea of first analyze performance, and then rewrite the biggest resource hogs to C code and thus get the best from both worlds.
Most usability studies focus on how effectively one can perform a task in an app, not how quickly one can recollect which application performs which function for them, so it may just not be well-studied.
So perhaps not very scientifically responsible the neurologist offered the explanation that he was using a part of his brain that is normally used to solve complex mathematics subconsciously in order to position our eyes properly throughout the day. Apparently this motor movement is very complex and he was leveraging the ability of this area to solve these arithmetic problems and engage in pattern matching in order to recollect past dates.
Consequently we accept the convention that the official decisions are those and only those which have been officially recorded in the minutes by the officials, from which it emerges, with an elegant inevitability, that any decision which has been officially reached will have been officially recorded in the minutes by the officials and any decision which is not recorded in the minutes has not been officially reached even if one or more members believe they can recollect it, so in this particular case if the decision had been officially reached it would have been officially recorded in the minutes by the officials.
Frequently asked questions
Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.
How do you use recollect in a sentence?
I still find a lump in my throat when I recollect those days.
What does recollect mean?
recall knowledge from memory; have a recollection; "I can't remember saying any such thing"; "I can't think what her last name was"; "can you remember her phone number?"; "Do you remember that he once loved you?"; "call up memories"
What part of speech is recollect?
recollect is commonly used as verb.