memory
/ˈmɛm(ə)ri/
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me - mo - ry -> memory
(n) မှတ်ဉာဏ်များ
၁။ (က) [C,U] ~ (for sth) မှတ်ဉာဏ်။ He has a good/ poor memory for dates (ie remembers them easily/ with difficulty). ❍ lose one's memory in an accident ❍ recite their names from memory (ie without reading them or referring to notes) ❍ commit sth to memory (ie learn and remember it) ❍ His name slipped my memory (ie I forgot it). (ခ) [U] မှတ်နိုင်စွမ်း။ မှတ်ဉာဏ်။ the parts of the brain responsible for memory.
၂။ [C] မှတ်မိခြင်း။ သတိရခြင်း။ happy memories of childhood ❍ I have no memory of such a request.
၃။ [U] မှတ်မိသရွေ့။ This hasn't happened before in recent memory.
၄။ [U] သွားလေသူအကြောင်း။ His memory will always remain with us (ie We will always remember him).
၅။ [C,U] (computing ) ကွန်ပျူတာမှတ်ဉာဏ်။ See also RANDOM ACCESS MEMORY
❏ if memory serves (me) [IDM ] (fml ) (မိမိ) မှတ်မိ တတ်သရွေ့။ She married a civil servant, if memory serves me right/ correctly.
❏ in memory of sb/to the memory of sb [IDM ] သွားလေသူကို အမှတ်တရအဖြစ်။ He founded the charity in memory of his late wife.
❏ memory lane n [U] ရှေးဖြစ်ဟောင်း အောက်မေ့ဖွယ်။ take a trip down memory lane.
- The memory of that night is still clear in his mind.
- [memory of] : I don’t have very fond memories of my school days.
- [a vivid memory] : What are your most vivid memories of that period?
- Her memory will live on for ever (=people will always remember her).
- A small monument was erected to the memory of those who died.
- A memory test
- He searched his memory but couldn’t recall where he’d seen her before.
- Your memory tends to get worse as you get older.
- My memory was playing tricks on me (=I was not remembering things correctly).
- [have a good/bad memory for something] : I’ve never had a very good memory for names.
- This particular model has 256 megabytes of memory.
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