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| Main Entry: |
recollect
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| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | remember |
| Synonyms: | arouse, awaken, bethink, bring to mind, call to mind, cite, come to one, flash, flash on, look back on, mind, place, recall, recognize, remind, reminisce, retain, retrospect, revive, rouse, stir, summon, waken |
| Antonyms: | forget |
| Main Entry: | memorize |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | remember |
| Synonyms: | commit to memory, cram, fix in the mind, keep forever, know, know by heart, learn, learn by heart, master, nail down, recall, recollect, remind, retain, store |
| Main Entry: | mind |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | remember |
| Synonyms: | bethink, bring to mind, cite, recall, recollect, remind, reminisce, retain |
| Antonyms: | forget |
| Main Entry: | quote |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | repeat something spoken, written by another |
| Synonyms: | adduce, attest, cite, detail, excerpt, extract, instance, name, paraphrase, parrot, proclaim, recall, recite, recollect, refer to, reference, retell |
| Notes: | one should use quote exclusively as a verb and use quotation as a noun |
| Main Entry: | recall |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | remember |
| Synonyms: | arouse, awaken, bethink, bring to mind, call to mind, call up, cite, come to one, educe, elicit, evoke, extract, flash, flash on, look back, mind, nail it down, recollect, reestablish, reinstate, reintroduce, remind, reminisce, renew, retain, retrospect, revive, ring a bell, rouse, stir, strike a note, summon, think back, think of, waken |
| Antonyms: | forget |
| Main Entry: | recognize |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | identify |
| Synonyms: | admit, be familiar, button down, descry, determinate, diagnose, diagnosticate, distinguish, espy, finger*, flash on, know, know again, make out, make*, nail, note, notice, observe, peg, perceive, pinpoint, place, recall, recollect, remark, remember, ring a bell, see, sight, spot, tab, tag, verify |
| Notes: | the use of 'appreciate' should involve valuing something or understanding it sympathetically, and when there is no value or sympathy, use 'recognize' or 'understand'; appreciate first meant 'set at a price; appraised' |
| Antonyms: | miss |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | remember |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | keep in mind; summon into mind |
| Synonyms: | bear in mind, bethink, brood over, call to mind, call up, cite, commemorate, conjure up, dig into the past, dwell upon, educe, elicit, enshrine, extract, fix in the mind, flash on, get, go back, have memories, hold dear, keep forever, know by heart, learn, look back, memorialize, memorize, mind, nail down, recall, recognize, recollect, refresh memory, relive, remind, reminisce, retain, retrospect, revive, revoke, ring a bell, strike a note, summon up, think back, treasure |
| Antonyms: | disregard, forget |
| Main Entry: | remind |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | awaken memories of something |
| Synonyms: | admonish, advise, bethink, bring back to, bring to mind, call attention, call to mind, call up, caution, cite, emphasize, give a cue, hint, imply, intimate, jog one's memory, make one remember, make one think, mention, note, point out, prod, prompt, put in mind, recall, recollect, refresh memory, remember, reminisce, retain, retrospect, revive, stir up, stress, suggest, warn |
| Antonyms: | forget |
| Main Entry: | reminisce |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | go over in one's memory |
| Synonyms: | bethink, call up, cite, hark back, live in the past, look back, mind, muse over, recall, recollect, remember, remind, retain, retrospect, review, revive, think back |
| Antonyms: | forget, repress |
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