RECOLLECTING Synonyms: 62 Similar and Opposite Words

recollecting 1 of 2

verb (1)

present participle of recollect

as in remembering

to bring back to mind I can't recollect if I turned the stove off or not before leaving the house

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re-collecting

2 of 2

verb (2)

present participle of re-collect

as in containing

to gain emotional or mental control of she had to calm down and re-collect herself after being told she had won the lottery

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as in retrieving

to get again in one's possession I struggled to re-collect the papers the wind had torn from my hands

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Recent Examples of recollecting

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Continually surrounded by well-wishers during an hour of socializing before a formal program of speakers and videos recollecting his career, Lubelfeld listened to what others had to say before speaking himself. — Steve Sadin, Chicago Tribune, 29 May 2026 That suits the artless, unfiltered way Yo describes her life, spending a fair amount of time recollecting her own childhood. — Leslie Felperin, HollywoodReporter, 20 Feb. 2026 But by writing this passage, in the act of recollecting and thinking over the ideas, Montaigne attempts a foray into the psychological tangle that polyvitality might well be dragging along behind it like a fishing net stuffed with by-catch. — Mandy-Suzanne Wong, Longreads, 5 Feb. 2026 Back at the Squawk, Joyce, Robin, and Will are recollecting themselves after the power surge and Will’s voyage into the Demogorgon. — Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 27 Nov. 2025 Vetting will include more background and criminal checks, an immigration status review and potentially recollecting biometrics data, like fingerprints and photos. — Dan Gooding, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Oct. 2025

Recent Examples of Synonyms for recollecting

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Being a kid and remembering that, rainy nights and then moving to California and glamping in the desert.

— Joe Lynch, Billboard, 5 Nov. 2026
In this vivid and vigorous new biography, literary critic Hermione Lee makes the case for Brookner as a literary figure worth not only remembering but celebrating.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 2 Nov. 2026

Definition of remembering

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The study introduces a polymer electrolyte based on a perfluorosulfonic amide ionomer containing tetraalkylammonium fluoride groups.

— Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 7 Nov. 2026
But now, tablets containing 25, 50, and even 100 milligrams of 7-OH are available.

— Theresa Gaffney, STAT, 6 Nov. 2026

Definition of containing

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The researchers say the finding could eventually support new approaches to storing and retrieving quantum information.

— Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 28 Oct. 2026
Reading data from the cache is faster than retrieving it from main memory, and the agents used this timing difference to communicate.

— Emma Roth, The Verge, 23 Oct. 2026

Definition of retrieving

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Dig deeper California’s rules for recalling politicians date to the Progressive era and were seen at the time as a way to give more power to voters.

— Times staff, Los Angeles Times, 30 Oct. 2026
There’s a luminous series of royal blue engravings presented with ornate flourishes, recalling styles favored by the French aristocracy.

— Elisa Turner, Miami Herald, 29 Oct. 2026

Definition of recalling

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Underneath the question on the screen, three dots appear—similar to the ones messaging apps use to signal that your conversation partner is composing a response—and flash with anticipation.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 6 Nov. 2026
Gash love composing songs whose intersecting lines set the entire mood of the song—jarring, dreamy, or nostalgic—in the style of art-house sampling.

— Nina Corcoran, Pitchfork, 13 Oct. 2026

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New London officials are eagerly endorsing Spinnaker Real Estate Partners’ proposal as a way to draw some of the thousands of new employees being hired by nearby Electric Boat while recapturing a stretch of attractive waterfront at the marina.

— Don Stacom, Hartford Courant, 16 Sep. 2026
As opposed to infantile regression, the oceanic feeling can also be understood as a means of recapturing a repressed sense of relation, connection, affinities.

— George Baker, Artforum, 1 Sep. 2026

Definition of recapturing

Verb

However, recovering their constituent materials at the required purity for reuse is technically challenging.

— Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 3 Nov. 2026
Osment plays a recovering alcoholic and social media influencer, with Kotcheff as Francis, who has abandoned her Amish community for Osment’s character, and Leder as the agoraphobic and heavily pregnant wannabe-actress Lillie.

— Alex Ritman, Variety, 2 Nov. 2026

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