prodigious memory

collocation in English

meaningsofprodigiousandmemory

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prodigious
adjective
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/prəˈdɪdʒ.əs/us
/prəˈdɪdʒ.əs/
extremely great in ability, amount, ...
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memory
noun
uk
/ˈmem.ər.i/us
/ˈmem.ər.i/
the ability to remember information, experiences, ...
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(Definition ofprodigiousandmemoryfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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He had an enormous capacity for work, and aprodigiousmemory, but was also short-tempered and obstinate, with a great distrust of academics.
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There he held a cycle of thirty lectures on theological topics, and he also began to gain fame for hisprodigiousmemory.
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He had a fiery temperament, aprodigiousmemory, and seldom conducted from a score.
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He had aprodigiousmemory, which aided him in combining long-separated volumes and manuscripts into complete sets.
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Colleagues said that she had aprodigiousmemory.
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Where he was not allowed to copy he read and, on returning home in the evening, wrote out what hisprodigiousmemoryretained.
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Smiley is depicted as an exceptionally skilled spymaster, gifted with aprodigiousmemoryand a talent for getting people to talk.
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Although he showed a somewhat stern demeanour in court, apart from hisprodigiousmemory, he had, as others have said, a sensitive and kind heart.
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He had the ability for sustained work combined with aprodigiousmemory.
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The bakhshi is renowned for hisprodigiousmemory.
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Gifted withprodigiousmemory, he can simplify the most complex case for the dullest of jurors.
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He proved to be an exceptional student with aprodigiousmemoryand an uncanny ability to see things not just as they were but as they could be.
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He was known by his classmates and professors to have a ravenous appetite for reading the classics coupled with aprodigiousmemoryand a keen intellect.
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Rosen'sprodigiousmemoryfor facts occasionally failed him, letting elementary factual errors creep into his work.
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