remember — English Dictionary

Verb

1. To recall from one's memory; to have an image in one's memory.

   Synonyms

   thinkplace

   Examples

   I remember your face.

   In the lightness of my heart I sang catches of songs as my horse gayly bore me along the well-remembered road.

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   […] I remember a lady coming to inspect St. Mary's Home where I was brought up and seeing us all in our lovely Elizabethan uniforms we were so proud of, and bursting into tears all over us because “it was wicked to dress us like charity children”.

   A man's vision reflects his memories. As I looked out on the nation from the President's Oval Office, my reflections included images burned deep in my mind for over a half a century. I remembered my father's concern for the tenant farmer and for the workers' need for collective bargaining. I remembered my mother's deep faith in the value of education. I remembered the pinched and hopeless look of poverty I saw on the faces of the Mexican-American children I had taught. I remembered the army of jobless and ragged men who rode grimy boxcars across our country during the Depression. These and a hundred other separate recollections of struggle and hope were all part of my heritage. They formed a portion of the background against which I developed the programs I felt America wanted and needed.

   Spencer remembers the session as being 'as boring as beans'. A handful of copies of the record were pressed with the catalogue number Philles 111, and copies sent to both Sill and Finfer.

   […] take the Ginger Line overground from Canada Water to Penge West. So you'll be getting off the Tube, and taking the train. I know you're American, but can you remember that?

   Remember me? I live in your building.

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   We have met twice this year and, during our first interview, Mata spoke evocatively when remembering how, having joined Real Oviedo aged 10 in 1998, he was given a previously unimaginable opportunity. Mata sat in a car park in 2003, when he was 14, and watched his father talking to a Real Madrid scout.

   To heal, we must remember. It's hard sometimes to remember, but that's how we heal. It's important to do that as a nation.

   When Maisie first met Danny, she remembers that he had an infectious laugh and a love for music.

2. To memorize; to put something into memory.

   Synonyms

   retain

   Examples

   Please remember this formula!

3. To keep in mind; to be mindful of.

   Synonyms

   mind

   Examples

   Remember that the shop closes early.

   Remember what I've said.

4. To not forget (to do something required)

   Examples

   Please remember to lock the door.

   Remember to lock the door when you go out.

5. To convey greetings from.

   Examples

   Please remember me to your brother.

   She asks to be remembered to you all.

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6. To put in mind; to remind (also used reflexively).

   Usage

   • Obsolete

   Examples

   Since thou dost give me pains, / Let me remember thee what thou hast promis'd, / Which is not yet perform'd me.

   My friends remember'd me of home.

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   But soon, remembering her how brief the whole Of joy, which its own hours annihilate, Her set gaze gathered

7. To engage in the process of recalling memories.

   Usage

   • Intransitive

   Examples

   You don't have to remind him; he remembers very well.

8. To give (a person) money as a token of appreciation of past service or friendship.

   Usage

   • Transitive

   Examples

   My aunt remembered me in her will, leaving me several thousand pounds.

   Waitresses, mail carriers, and teachers were often remembered on Boxing Day.

9. To commemorate, to have a remembrance ceremony.

   Usage

   • Transitive

   Examples

   Today we remember and honour those who have served.

Verb

1. recall knowledge from memory; have a recollection

   Synonyms

   retrieverecallcall backcall uprecollectthink

   Antonyms

   forget

   Broader terms

   thinkcogitatecerebrate

   Examples

   I can't remember saying any such thing

   I can't think what her last name was

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   can you remember her phone number?

   Do you remember that he once loved you?

   call up memories

2. keep in mind for attention or consideration

   Synonyms

   think of

   Antonyms

   forget

   Broader terms

   thinkcogitatecerebrate

   Examples

   Remember the Alamo

   Remember to call your mother every day!

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   Think of the starving children in India!

3. recapture the past; indulge in memories

   Synonyms

   think back

   Broader terms

   thinkcogitatecerebrate

   Examples

   he remembered how he used to pick flowers

4. show appreciation to

   Broader terms

   bequeathwillleave

   Examples

   He remembered her in his will

5. mention favorably, as in prayer

   Broader terms

   mentionadvertbring upcitenamerefer

   Examples

   remember me in your prayers

6. mention as by way of greeting or to indicate friendship

   Synonyms

   commend

   Broader terms

   mentionadvertbring upcitenamerefer

   Examples

   Remember me to your wife

7. exercise, or have the power of, memory

   Broader terms

   associatetie inrelatelinkcolligatelink upconnect

   Examples

   After the shelling, many people lost the ability to remember

   some remember better than others

8. call to remembrance; keep alive the memory of someone or something, as in a ceremony

   Synonyms

   commemorate

   Broader terms

   observecelebratekeep

   Examples

   We remembered the 50th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz

   Remember the dead of the First World War