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- pronunciation:
- re
k
lekt
- parts of speech:
- transitive verb, intransitive verb
- features:
- Word Combinations (verb), Word Explorer
| 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?I don't recollect meeting his wife before.She can't recollect their visiting her while she was in the hospital.
- 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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