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- pronunciation:
- re
k
lekt
- parts of speech:
- transitive verb, intransitive verb
- features:
- Word Combinations (verb), Word Explorer, Grammatical Patterns
| part of speech: |
transitive verb |
| inflections: |
recollects, recollecting, recollected |
| definition: |
to retrieve or be able to retrieve from memory; recall; remember.
I recollect some scenes from the movie very well.Do you recollect seeing them at the festival last spring?[verb + gerund
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I don't recollect meeting his wife before.[verb + gerund
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She can't recollect their visiting her while she was in the hospital.[verb + possessive adj + gerund
]
- synonyms:
- recall, remember
- antonyms:
- forget
- similar words:
- evoke, summon, think
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| related words: |
know, place, recognize, retain |
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| part of speech: |
intransitive verb |
| definition: |
to recall past events or things; remember.
Sometimes I look at the albums and just try to recollect.- synonyms:
- remember, reminisce
- antonyms:
- forget
- similar words:
- contemplate, hark back, think
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| derivations: |
recollective (adj.), recollectively (adv.) |
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