recollecting
present participle ofrecollect
recollect
verb[IorT]
formaluk/ˌrek.əˈlekt/us/ˌrek.əˈlekt/C2
toremembersomething:
Can you recollect hisname?
Asfaras I can recollect, hisnameis Edward.
[+ (that)]Shesuddenlyrecollected(that)she hadleftherjacketin therestaurant.
[+ question word]Do you recollectwhereshe went?
[+ -ing verb]He does not recollectseeingher at theparty.
Synonyms
recall
remember
to remember something
- rememberDo you remember when her birthday is?
- recallI don't recall arranging a time to meet.
- recollectI didn't recollect having seen him.
- remindEvery time we meet he reminds me about the money he lent me.
- come back toI forgot his name but it's just come back to me.
- reminisceWe were just reminiscing about our school days.
Remembering, reminding and reminders
- aide-mémoire
- annal
- awakensomeonetosomething
- be engraved onsomeone'smemory/mindidiom
- be etched on/insomeone'smemoryidiom
- commit
- echo
- hold that thoughtidiom
- hooky
- if my memory serves me rightidiom
- imprint
- indelible
- jog
- remindsomeoneofsomething/someone
- reminder
- reminisce
- reminiscence
- reminiscent
- shade
- stamp
Examplesofrecollecting
recollecting
In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.
The participants referred to awareness when discussing acts of recognising,recollecting, recalling and remembering.
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Rather, they expressed a myriad of non-narrative practicesrecollectingtheir own and others' lives.
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It is indeed very striking how few, whenrecollectingtheir studio experiences, even acknowledge that their technical assistants played any part whatsoever in the creative process.
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The stigma associated with the sometimes bizarre social behaviour and embarrassment of meeting acquaintances or colleagues who had difficultyrecollectingfaces and names militated against open discussion.
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It is worthwhilerecollectingat the outset of the debate how important it is.
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However, it is worthrecollectingthat not all engineering structures are fixed.
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There may be genuine difficulty inrecollectingexactly what happened, but plain lying to the auditor should be an offence.
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I have the greatest difficulty inrecollectingany piece of legislation which sets out in terms that it will have retrospective effect.
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It is worthrecollectingthat the 55½-hour week for young persons in textile factories dates from over 100 years ago.
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Inrecollectingthis we realise that under the capitalist system the position of the workers has steadily improved.
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We shall certainly have to study this matter with very serious scrutiny, alwaysrecollectingthis unfortunate and melancholy background.
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It is also worthrecollectingthat, even within those rules, there are different ways in which their purpose could be met.
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One might indulge in a nostalgic smile whenrecollectingthat they were first constructed for the leisurely enjoyment of the parks by those who drove through them in horse-drawn carriages.
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The evaluation step involves describing the specific fear to a therapist andrecollectingevents in their past that may have contributed to it.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Individuals who have troublerecollectingtheir past are also unable to form detailed mental images of their future.
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- adduced
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