How to Pronounce "recollection"
word
/ˌɹɛkəˈɫɛkʃən/
rek-uh-LEK-shun
/ɹɪkəlˈɛkʃən/
rik-uh-LEK-shun
Definition
A recollection is a memory or the act of remembering something from the past.
IPA Transcription
American English
/ˌɹɛkəˈɫɛkʃən/
British English
/ɹɪkəlˈɛkʃən/
Simplified Pronunciation
US
rek-uh-LEK-shun
UK
rik-uh-LEK-shun
Listen in Context
He shared a happy recollection from his childhood.
I have no recollection of meeting her before.
Her earliest recollection is of playing in a garden.
To the best of my recollection, the meeting started at 10 a.m.