What does recollect mean?
Word: Recollect
Part of Speech: Verb
Meaning: Recollect means to bring a past event or detail back to mind.
How do you spell recollect?
Syllables: rec - ol - lect
Tricky part: The double l in the middle is the letter pupils lose, because only one l is heard.
Watch out for: recolect, reccollect, recollekt
Memory tip: Picture old memories standing in two tall lines, side by side. Those two lines are the double l at the centre of the word.
Recollect in a sentence
Example 1: I can just recollect the smell of my grandfather's tea stall in Darjeeling.
Example 2: Do you recollect the name of that tall boy from the summer camp?
Example 3: Sana tried hard to recollect the third verse of the poem.
Fun Fact
It came from a Latin word meaning to gather up again, so the idea behind it is of picking up scattered memories and bringing them back together.
Practise the CREST Way
Spell-o-Spell
One of these words is spelt right. Pick the meaning of that word.
1. recollect 2. anniversery 3. memmoir 4. nostalgea
a) a written account of someone's own life
b) a wistful longing for happy times gone by
c) to think back and find a detail you once knew
d) the yearly return of a special date
Show answer
c) to think back and find a detail you once knew. Nostalgia, anniversary and memoir are the correct forms of the other three.
Word Makeup
Only one of these words adds the suffix ion with no other change. Choose it:
ion
a) recollect
b) recognise
c) remember
d) retain
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a) recollect. Recollection simply adds the suffix; the other three change, as remembrance, retention and recognition show.
Word Connection
Choose the antonym of the word recollect as used in the sentence:
I cannot recollect where I left my library card last week.
a) recall
b) retrieve
c) forget
d) remember
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c) forget. Three of the choices mean getting a memory back; this one means losing it.
Word Cookie
Insert the correct pair of letters to form a word:
r_c_llect
a) a, o
b) e, o
c) i, o
d) e, a
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b) e, o. It starts as return and reply do, and the vowel before the double consonant is the one in doll.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Kavya says, 'I recollect meeting you at the book fair.' What does this tell us about the meeting?
a) It is planned for next week
b) It happened some time ago
c) It was cancelled at the last minute
d) It is taking place right now
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b) It happened some time ago
2. Which question would a grandfather answer by recollecting?
a) Could you pass me the newspaper, please?
b) What will the weather be like tomorrow?
c) How much does a kilo of mangoes cost today?
d) What was your school like when you were a boy?
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d) What was your school like when you were a boy?
