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in living memory en · ADP

Pronunciation

Meanings

  1. (idiomatic) In recent history, in recorded history amongst the lifespan of extant people; events or situations which can be remembered by people that are still alive.
    • The Roberts Court is the most politically conservative in living memory.
    • Last summer, Georgia was hit by the mightiest heat wave in living memory.
    • The snowstorm of Sunday, January 28, was the worst in living memory. 1941 April, “Notes and News: Railwaymen and Snow”, in Railway Magazine, page 177:
    • Long believed to be extinct, the purple-bellied speckled turtle was sighted for the first time in living memory in a remote pasture near Chicago.

Relateds

saeculum · time immemorial

Synonyms

within living memory · in recent memory

Translations (16)

sv i mannaminne (within extant people's recorded history) · es que se recuerda (within extant people's recorded history) · it a memoria d'uomo (within extant people's recorded history) · fi miesmuistiin (within extant people's recorded history) · pt dos últimos tempos (within extant people's recorded history) · de seit Menschengedenken (within extant people's recorded history) · ru на па́мяти ны́нешнего поколе́ния (within extant people's recorded history) · pt dos últimos anos (within extant people's recorded history) · cmn 人們記憶中 /人们记忆中 (within extant people's recorded history) · nl sinds mensenheugenis (within extant people's recorded history) · pl za ludzkiej pamięci (within extant people's recorded history) · fr de mémoire d'homme (within extant people's recorded history) · cmn 人們所記得的 /人们所记得的 (within extant people's recorded history) · hu emberemlékezet óta (within extant people's recorded history) · lv tagadējās paaudzes atmiņā (within extant people's recorded history) · pt de que se tem lembrança (within extant people's recorded history)