Meanings
- idiomaticIn recent history, in recorded history amongst the lifespan of extant people; events or situations which can be remembered by people that are still alive.
The Roberts Court is the most politically conservative in living memory.
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Last summer, Georgia was hit by the mightiest heat wave in living memory.
Long believed to be extinct, the purple-bellied speckled turtle was sighted for the first time in living memory in a remote pasture near Chicago.
The snowstorm of Sunday, January 28, was the worst in living memory.
1941 April, “Notes and News: Railwaymen and Snow”, in Railway Magazine, page 177Synonyms: in recent memory, within living memory
Synonyms & antonyms
prepositional phraseIn recent history, in recorded history amongst the lifespan of extant people; events or situations which can be remembered by people that are still alive.
Translations
Chinese Mandarin 人們所記得的 /人们所记得的, 人們記憶中 /人们记忆中
- 人們所記得的 /人们所记得的 (rénmen suǒ jìde de)within extant people's recorded history
- 人們記憶中 /人们记忆中 (rénmen jìyì zhōng)within extant people's recorded history
Dutch sinds mensenheugenis
- sinds mensenheugeniswithin extant people's recorded history
Finnish miesmuistiin
- miesmuistiinwithin extant people's recorded history
French de mémoire d'homme
- de mémoire d'hommewithin extant people's recorded history
German seit Menschengedenken
- seit Menschengedenkenwithin extant people's recorded history
Hungarian emberemlékezet óta
- emberemlékezet ótawithin extant people's recorded history
Italian a memoria d'uomo
- a memoria d'uomowithin extant people's recorded history
Latvian tagadējās paaudzes atmiņā
- tagadējās paaudzes atmiņāwithin extant people's recorded history
Polish za ludzkiej pamięci
- za ludzkiej pamięciwithin extant people's recorded history
Portuguese dos últimos tempos, dos últimos anos
- dos últimos temposwithin extant people's recorded history
- dos últimos anoswithin extant people's recorded history
- de que se tem lembrançawithin extant people's recorded history
Russian на па́мяти ны́нешнего поколе́ния
- на па́мяти ны́нешнего поколе́ния (na pámjati nýnešnevo pokolénija)within extant people's recorded history
Spanish que se recuerda
- que se recuerdawithin extant people's recorded history
Swedish i mannaminne
- i mannaminnewithin extant people's recorded history
Cite this entry
in living memory. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/in%20living%20memory
“in living memory.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/in%20living%20memory. Accessed November 5, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “in living memory,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/in%20living%20memory.
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