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recollect

[rek-uh-lekt] / ˌrɛk əˈlɛkt /
VERB
remember
Synonyms
STRONG
arouse awaken bethink cite flash mind place recall recognize remind reminisce retain retrospect revive rouse stir summon waken
WEAK
bring to mind call to mind come to one flash on look back on
Antonyms
STRONG
calm forget lose

Example Sentences

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We made a registry to allow our friends and family to help us recollect the basics.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 11, 2026

Those are words that penetrate, ones that recollect certain names and call forth our senses.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 10, 2026

Mountbatten-Windsor said at the time: "Nobody can prove whether or not that photograph has been doctored but I don't recollect that photograph ever being taken."

From BBC • Feb. 4, 2026

I recollect that my mother left her jewelry box and its contents to me.

From MarketWatch • Dec. 4, 2025

“Are you? I think I recollect though, that you read with his father?”

From "Great Expectations" by Charles Dickens

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.