recollect a name

/ˌrekəˈlekt ə neɪm/

verb phrase

  1. To remember someone's name after some effort or time has passed.

    B2

    transitive; formalformal

    • "I can’t recollect her name."B1
    • "After a few minutes, he recollected the name of the restaurant."B2
    • "Although they had met only once, she somehow recollected his name years later."C1

Common mistakes

  • recollect to a name→recollect a name

    "Recollect" is followed directly by the object, without "to".

Collocations

recollect a namerecollect a facerecollect detailsrecollect a memory

Word family

recollectrecollectioncollect