recollect Antonyms

Meaning of recollect

Wordnet

recollect (v)

recall knowledge from memory; have a recollection

Webster

recollect (v. t.)

To recover or recall the knowledge of; to bring back to the mind or memory; to remember.

Reflexively, to compose one's self; to recover self-command; as, to recollect one's self after a burst of anger; -- sometimes, formerly, in the perfect participle.

Webster

recollect (n.)

A friar of the Strict Observance, -- an order of Franciscans.

recollect Sentence Examples

  1. I struggled to recollect the details of the incident, as my memory was hazy.
  2. The elderly woman carefully recollected her childhood memories, sharing them with her grandchildren.
  3. Amidst the chaos, he managed to recollect his wits and make a quick decision.
  4. As I flipped through the old family album, I recollected cherished moments I had almost forgotten.
  5. The therapy session was designed to help the client recollect suppressed memories.
  6. The detective meticulously recollected witness statements to piece together the timeline of events.
  7. The historian painstakingly recollected historical documents and artifacts to reconstruct the past.
  8. After the accident, I had difficulty recollecting who I was and what had happened.
  9. The scientist meticulously recollected data from multiple experiments to formulate a comprehensive conclusion.
  10. The author spent hours recollecting his experiences and emotions to create a compelling memoir.

FAQs About the word recollect

recall knowledge from memory; have a recollectionTo recover or recall the knowledge of; to bring back to the mind or memory; to remember., Reflexively, to compo

recall,remember,mind, reproduce, think (of), recapture, hark back (to), harken back (to), relive, recur

forget,forget, miss, disregard, misremember, overlook, disremember, miss, misremember, neglect

I struggled to recollect the details of the incident, as my memory was hazy.

The elderly woman carefully recollected her childhood memories, sharing them with her grandchildren.

Amidst the chaos, he managed to recollect his wits and make a quick decision.

As I flipped through the old family album, I recollected cherished moments I had almost forgotten.