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# recollection

«recollection» in Mova's school dictionary: **A memory of something from the past** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (a recollection, recollections)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A memory of something from the past. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/recollection/#m1)

2) (uncountable) The ability to remember: «I have no recollection of it.» [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/recollection/#m2)

3) (church) Calm, quiet prayer and thoughtfulness. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/recollection/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In stories and history lessons: «recollections of the war» from older people. In everyday speech: «to the best of my recollection». Phrases: «have no recollection of», «a vague recollection», «to the best of my recollection».

### examples

- I have a vague recollection of my first day at school. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/recollection/#x1)
- Grandad shared his recollections of growing up on a farm. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/recollection/#x2)
- She had no recollection of where she put her keys. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/recollection/#x3)
- To the best of my recollection, the shop closes at six. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/recollection/#x4)
- His recollection of the match was different from mine. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/recollection/#x5)
- The nuns spent the day in quiet recollection. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/recollection/#x6)
- They go on with their recollections. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/recollection/#x7)

### note

Verb «recollect» (formal for «remember»). Countable for single memories, uncountable for the ability. Formal; «memory» is the everyday word.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «recollection» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/recollection/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.