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
1
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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2
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
Verb
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
  1. remembering
  2. containing
  3. retrieving
  4. recalling
  5. composing
  6. recapturing
  7. collecting
  8. recovering
Verb
  • The cultural notables in the room — including painters Richard Nugent and Romare Bearden, poet Arna Bontemps and theater impresario Abram Hill — speak up for art as the Renaissance’s engine, remembering gifted colleagues no longer around.
    — Robert Abele, Los Angeles Times, 22 Oct. 2026
  • Start the day with good hydration, a low-sodium breakfast, and a little movement—while remembering that individuals with kidney disease may have specific fluid and food restrictions.
    — MD Published, Verywell Health, 21 Oct. 2026
Definition of remembering
Verb
  • Instead, her attackers started ripping her gear off her body – her camera bag, her lenses, her pouch containing her American passport, credit cards, documents and other items.
    — Jessie Yeung, CNN Money, 23 Oct. 2026
  • Meghan said a letter containing allegations against Thomas Markle was sent to the authorities and later shared with her.
    — Victoria Craw, Washington Post, 23 Oct. 2026
Definition of containing
Verb
  • 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
  • According to the criminal complaint, the woman called police for help retrieving belongings from a friend's house.
    — Shelley Bortz, CBS News, 21 Oct. 2026
Definition of retrieving
Verb
  • On screen, the look is styled with a substantial diamond necklace, recalling the magnificent, million dollar Cartier diamond that Taylor also wore to Princess Grace’s party.
    — Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 25 Oct. 2026
  • Now owned by the state of Bavaria, the ⁠Kehlsteinhaus ​was classified after the ​war as a historical monument recalling the Nazi period.
    — Reuters, NBC news, 24 Oct. 2026
Definition of recalling
Verb
  • 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
  • Lyall pulled out his phone and began composing a message for Claude, the AI app from Anthropic.
    — Jacob Feldman, Sportico.com, 13 Oct. 2026
Definition of composing
Verb
  • 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
  • The Hawks are 2-2 through four games, collecting a pair of division wins before losing consecutive games to the Rockets, who’ve remained a difficult matchup over the past three years.
    — Gabriel Burns, AJC.com, 27 Oct. 2026
  • Every day, trucks from The Action Center travel across the Denver metro, collecting donated food from grocery stores and other partners that might otherwise go to waste.
    — Kelly Werthmann, CBS News, 27 Oct. 2026
Definition of collecting
Verb
  • Tank Dell had one reception for 43 yards and returned a punt for 14 yards in his return after missing almost two years recovering from a gruesome knee injury.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 25 Oct. 2026
  • Hardy has spent the season recovering from a gunshot wound in his left leg.
    — PJ Green October 25, Kansas City Star, 25 Oct. 2026
Definition of recovering

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“Recollecting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/recollecting. Accessed 29 Oct. 2026.

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