n.
(pl. memories)
- the faculty by which the mind stores and remembers information:
each child recited a verse from memory.
- something remembered.
▸the remembering or commemoration of a dead person.
▸the length of time over which a person or event continues to be remembered.
- a computer's equipment or capacity for storing data or program instructions for retrieval.
Phrase
- in memory of
intended to remind people of. - take a trip
(or walk)
down memory lane
indulge in pleasant or sentimental memories.
Etymology
ME: from OFr. memorie, from L. memoria ‘memory’, from memor ‘mindful, remembering’.