MEANING
1. To recover or bring to mind a memory or fact.
2. To regain composure or mental control, especially in recollect oneself.
Use it for
Words that belong together
- recollect a name
- recollect an incident
On the page
He recollected the name only when the door opened.
She recollected a detail omitted from every later account.
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Word forms
- Base
- recollect
- Past tense
- recollected
- Past participle
- recollected
- Present participle
- recollecting
Full tense & aspect guide
- Present
- recollect
- Present continuous
- am/is/are recollecting
- Present perfect
- have/has recollected
- Present perfect continuous
- have/has been recollecting
- Past
- recollected
- Past continuous
- was/were recollecting
- Past perfect
- had recollected
- Past perfect continuous
- had been recollecting
- Future
- will recollect
- Future continuous
- will be recollecting
- Future perfect
- will have recollected
- Future perfect continuous
- will have been recollecting
Choose the auxiliary that agrees with your subject. These are constructions of one word, not separate entries.
Usage notes
Primary category: literary. Forms: recollect; recollects; recollected; recollected; recollecting Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Third-person singular: recollects.
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