recollect en · VERB · etymology 1
Pronunciation
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- /ɹɛkəˈlɛkt/ (UK)
- /ɹɛkəˈlɛkt/ (US)
- rĕ-kə-lĕktʹ (US)
- rĕ-kə-lĕktʹ (UK)
Etymology
Borrowed from Medieval Latin recollectus (“remembered, composed”), from Latin recolligo (“gather again, recover”).
Meanings
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To recall; to collect one's thoughts again, especially about past events.
I recollect taking a very poor view of the apparently inadequate cabs of the Stirling engines, as compared with those of the Brighton; there were even to be seen at this time a number of the completely cabless Cudworths.
1957 July 14, M. D. Greville, “A Diamond Jubilee of Railway Memories”, in Railway Magazine, page 458:I remember the concert clearly, but I can't recollect why I had decided to go there.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| recollected | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| recollected | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| recollects | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| recollecting | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic |
Deriveds
recollector · recomember · unrecollected · misrecollect · recollectedness · recollectingly
Relateds
Translations (53)
gd cuimhnich (to recall past events) · pl wspomnieć (to recall past events) · sv erinra sig (to recall past events) · cmn 回憶 /回忆 (to recall past events) · fi muistella (to recall past events) · cmn 想起 (to recall past events) · fr se rappeler (to recall past events) · da erindre (to recall past events) · pt lembrar (to recall past events) · ca rememorar (to recall past events) · la recordor (to recall past events) · gd meòraich (to recall past events) · de sich entsinnen (to recall past events) · ru вспо́мнить (to recall past events) · hu emlékezik (to recall past events) · cmn 追憶 /追忆 (to recall past events) · fi palauttaa mieleensä (to recall past events) · ja 思い起す (to recall past events) · pl przypominać sobie (to recall past events) · sv dra sig till minnes (to recall past events) · ja 想起する (to recall past events) · es rebobinar (to recall past events) · la meminī (to recall past events) · ja 思い出す (to recall past events) · pl przypomnieć sobie (to recall past events) · mi mahara (to recall past events) · la teneo (to recall past events) · gd bi cuimhne aig (to recall past events) · ca recordar (to recall past events) · nl zich herinneren (to recall past events) · pl wspominać (to recall past events) · de sich erinnern (to recall past events) · sv minnas (to recall past events) · hu emlékszik (to recall past events) · chr ᎠᏅᏓᏗᏍᏗ (to recall past events) · ar تَذَكَّرَ (to recall past events) · gl amentar (to recall past events) · sa स्मरति (to recall past events) · el αναπολώ (to recall past events) · got 𐌲𐌰𐌼𐌿𐌽𐌰𐌽 (to recall past events) · gl lembrar (to recall past events) · eo rememori (to recall past events) · sv komma ihåg (to recall past events) · cmn 回想 (to recall past events) · de gedenken (to recall past events) · pt recordar (to recall past events) · ru вспомина́ть (to recall past events) · fr se souvenir (to recall past events) · grc μιμνήσκομαι (to recall past events) · la reminiscor (to recall past events) · cmn 憶起 /忆起 (to recall past events) · bg спомням си (to recall past events) · grc μνημονεύω (to recall past events)