Phrase guide

in living memory

prep_phrase · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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prep_phrase

Meaning 1

In recent history, in recorded history amongst the lifespan of extant people; events or situations which can be remembered by people that are still alive.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: idiomatic

Examples

  • The Roberts Court is the most politically conservative in living memory.
  • 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.

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Antonyms: none provided

History

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Across languages

Translations

16 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Chinese Mandarin: 人們所記得的 /人们所记得的 (rénmen suǒ jìde de) — within extant people's recorded history
  • Chinese Mandarin: 人們記憶中 /人们记忆中 (rénmen jìyì zhōng) — within extant people's recorded history
  • Dutch: sinds mensenheugenis — within extant people's recorded history
  • Finnish: miesmuistiin — within extant people's recorded history
  • French: de mémoire d'homme — within extant people's recorded history
  • German: seit Menschengedenken — within extant people's recorded history
  • Hungarian: emberemlékezet óta — within extant people's recorded history
  • Italian: a memoria d'uomo — within extant people's recorded history
  • Latvian: tagadējās paaudzes atmiņā — within extant people's recorded history
  • Polish: za ludzkiej pamięci — within extant people's recorded history
  • Portuguese: dos últimos tempos — within extant people's recorded history
  • Portuguese: dos últimos anos — within extant people's recorded history
  • Portuguese: de que se tem lembrança — within extant people's recorded history
  • Russian: на па́мяти ны́нешнего поколе́ния (na pámjati nýnešnevo pokolénija) — within extant people's recorded history
  • Spanish: que se recuerda — within extant people's recorded history
  • Swedish: i mannaminne — within extant people's recorded history