recollect
To recall; to collect one's thoughts again, especially about past eventsTo recall; to collect one's thoughts again, especially about past events.
» I can't recollect how to do it.
Я не могу вспомнить, как это сделать.
Meaning
3 sensesTo recall; to collect one's thoughts again, especially about past events.
I remember the concert clearly, but I can't recollect why I had decided to go there.
sich erinnern, sich entsinnen, gedenken
вспомина́тьvspominátʹ, вспо́мнитьvspómnitʹ
To compose oneself.
(obsolete, transitive)To collect (things) together again.
- recall knowledge from memory; have a recollection
Examples
11 sentencesI can't recollect how to do it.
ruЯ не могу вспомнить, как это сделать. — LanguagesLover
His remark made my recollect my schooldays.
Ziri froze, but he managed to recollect himself.
She recollected the first day when she went to school.
Recollect my mother holding me tight.
Translations
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Origin
Borrowed from Medieval Latin recollectus (“remembered, composed”), from Latin recolligo (“Borrowed from Medieval Latin recollectus (“remembered, composed”), from Latin recolligo (“gather again, recover”).
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Forms
recollects, recollecting, recollected, recollected| Base form | recollect · to recollect |
|---|---|
| 3rd person singular | recollects |
| Present participle | recollecting |
| Past simple | recollected |
| Past participle | recollected |
regular · Lesson
Synonyms
6 synonymsWord family
9 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle