recollect

CEFRB2

/ɹɛkəˈlɛkt/

verb

Türkçe translations

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In plain English

  1. 01

    verb

    To remember something from the past.

  2. 02

    verb

    Extra detail

    To collect (things) together again.

Examples

  • I can't recollect how to do it.

  • Ziri froze, but he managed to recollect himself.

At a glance

Sits at B2 on the CEFR scale

Senses
4
Parts of speech
1
Citations
3

Also pronounced

  • /ɹiːkəˈlɛkt/

Deep Dive

verb

Extra meanings

  1. To compose oneself.

  2. To recall; to collect one's thoughts again, especially about past events.

More examples

In context

  • I recollect his saying so.

  • I remember the concert clearly, but I can't recollect why I had decided to go there.

  • The Tyrian queen […] Admir'd his fortunes, more admir'd the man; then re-collected stood.

Quick test

Two questions on this entry. Nothing is scored.

Question 1 · Quick check

He tried to blank the details of the conversation but could only remember a few words.

Practise this properly in the app, where the word comes back before you forget it.

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Origin

verb

Borrowed from Medieval Latin recollectus (“remembered, composed”), from Latin recolligo (“gather again, recover”).