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What is commonly remembered by most people, especially in terms of recent historical developments.
The country is just recovering from one of the worst natural disasters in recent memory.
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Recent memory — Short term memory. Also called working memory. Recent memory is a system for temporarily storing and managing the information required to carry out complex cognitive tasks such as learning, reasoning, and comprehension. Recent memory is involved… … Medical dictionary
recent — I adjective fresh, lately, new, newly arrived, not long past, novel, of recent occurrence, up to date associated concepts: in recent memory, recent possession, recently II index current, novel … Law dictionary
memory abnormality — Introduction any of the disorders that affect the ability to remember. Disorders of memory must have been known to the ancients and are mentioned in several early medical texts, but it was not until the closing decades of the 19th… … Universalium
Memory, recent — Short term memory. Also called working memory. Recent memory is a system for temporarily storing and managing the information required to carry out complex cognitive tasks such as learning, reasoning, and comprehension. Recent memory is involved… … Medical dictionary
Memory — The ability to recover information about past events or knowledge, and/or the process of doing so. Memory is often divided into short term (also known as working or recent memory) and long term memory. Short term memory recovers memories of… … Medical dictionary
memory — noun 1 ability to remember ADJECTIVE ▪ excellent, good, long, prodigious, retentive ▪ awful, bad, faulty, poor … Collocations dictionary
memory — mem|o|ry W1S1 [ˈmeməri] n plural memories ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(ability to remember)¦ 2¦(something you remember)¦ 3¦(computer)¦ 4 in/within memory 5 in memory of somebody 6 somebody s memory 7 a walk/trip down memory lane 8 somebody s memory is playing … Dictionary of contemporary English
memory — noun (plural ries) Etymology: Middle English memorie, from Anglo French memoire, memorie, from Latin memoria, from memor mindful; akin to Old English gemimor well known, Greek mermēra care, Sanskrit smarati he remembers Date: 14th century 1. a.… … New Collegiate Dictionary
Memory, working — Short term (recent) memory. Working memory is a system for temporarily storing and managing the information required to carry out complex cognitive tasks such as learning, reasoning, and comprehension. Working memory is involved in the selection … Medical dictionary
recent — re|cent [ risənt ] adjective *** happening or starting a short time ago: a recent discovery/survey/study It was the highest election turnout in recent memory. in recent years/decades/months: Business has boomed in recent years … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
