Meanings
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present singular third person remembers · participle present remembering · participle past remembered · past remembered · first person past singular remembered · archaic present second person singular rememberest · past second person singular remembered · archaic past second person singular rememberedst · present singular third person remembers · archaic present singular third person remembereth · past singular third person remembered · past plural remembered · past subjunctive remembered · participle present remembering · participle past remembered · alternative remembre
- To recall from one's memory; to have an image in one's memory.
Remember me? I live in your building.
2016, VOA Learning English (public domain)5 more examples
In the lightness of my heart I sang catches of songs as my horse gayly bore me along the well-remembered road.
1852, Mrs M.A. Thompson, “The Tutor's Daughter”, in Graham's American Monthly Magazine of Literature, Art, and Fashion, page 266[…] 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”.
1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 6, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLCA 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.
1971, Lyndon Johnson, The Vantage Point, Holt, Reinhart & Winston, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 104Spencer 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.
2012, Mick Brown, Tearing Down The Wall of Sound: The Rise And Fall of Phil Spector[…] 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?
2015, Orren Merton, The Dawning of Firebird Alex - To not forget (to do something required)
Remember to lock the door when you go out.
- To convey greetings from.
Please remember me to your brother.
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She asks to be remembered to you all.
Emil. Thanckes Sir; Remember me To our all royall Brother, for whose speede The great Bellona ile sollicite; and […]
1613–1614 (date written), John Fletcher, William Shak[e]speare, The Two Noble Kinsmen: […], London: […] Tho[mas] Cotes, for Iohn Waterson; […], published 1634, →OCLC, Act I, scene i, page 3 - obsoleteTo put in mind; to remind (also used reflexively).
My friends remember'd me of home.
1614–1615, Homer, “(please specify the book number)”, in Geo[rge] Chapman, transl., Homer’s Odysses. […], London: […] Rich[ard] Field [and William Jaggard], for Nathaniell Butter, published 1615, →OCLC; republished in The Odysseys of Homer, […], volume (please specify the book number), London: John Russell Smith, […], 1857, →OCLC2 more examples
Since thou dost give me pains, / Let me remember thee what thou hast promis'd, / Which is not yet perform'd me.
1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tempest”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene ii]But soon, remembering her how brief the whole Of joy, which its own hours annihilate, Her set gaze gathered
1870, Dante Gabriel Rossetti, Secret Parting, lines 5–7 - intransitiveTo engage in the process of recalling memories.
You don't have to remind him; he remembers very well.
- transitiveTo give (a person) money as a token of appreciation of past service or friendship.
My aunt remembered me in her will, leaving me several thousand pounds.
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Waitresses, mail carriers, and teachers were often remembered on Boxing Day.
2003, Little Visits 365 Family Devotions: Building Faith for a Lifetime, Concordia Publishing House - transitiveTo commemorate, to have a remembrance ceremony.
Today we remember and honour those who have served.
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present singular third person remembers · participle present remembering · participle past remembered · past remembered · alternative re-member
- alternativerareAlternative form of re-member.
She remembered Osiris by putting his pieces back together and mating with him one last time, conceiving Horus, who eventually avenged his father's death.
2010, Sandra Ingerman, Medicine for the Earth, page 1003 more examples
knit 'this scattered corn into one mutual sheaf, / these broken limbs again into one body' - in other words, how to resurrect the dismembered god, to remember Osiris. Yet the only body made whole in these expert, lowering poems is the body of this death.
1982, Book Review Digest, volume 78, page 824According to these mysteries, the rites of fashioning or remembering Osiris came to be interpreted as remembering Egypt. Egypt was the body of Osiris, dismembered and scattered across the land.
2008, Jan Assmann, Of God and Gods: Egypt, Israel, and the Rise of Monotheism, page 42To dismember is to tear apart; / To re-member is to put back together. / The old must be dismembered / So that which was prior to it / May be remembered. / Therefore, to re-mind is / To dismember and then re-member.
2012, Roy Melvyn, The Lost Writings of Wu Hsin: Pointers to Non Duality in Five Volumes, Lulu Press, Inc, →ISBN
Synonyms & antonyms
verbTo memorize; to put something into memory.
verbTo keep in mind; to be mindful of.
More synonyms by meaning
verbrecall knowledge from memory; have a recollection
verbkeep in mind for attention or consideration
verbmention as by way of greeting or to indicate friendship
verbcall to remembrance; keep alive the memory of someone or something, as in a ceremony
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
remember · verb
- Proto-Indo-European*(s)mer-“to think about, be mindful, remember”
- Late Latinrememorari“to remember again”
- Old Frenchremembrer“to remember”
- Middle Englishremembren
- Englishremember
From Middle English remembren, from Old French remembrer (“to remember”), from Late Latin rememorari (“to remember again”), from re- + memor (“mindful”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)mer- (“to think about, be mindful, remember”). Cognate with Old English mimorian, mymerian (“to remember, commemorate”), Old English māmorian (“to deliberate, plan out, design”). More at mimmer and mammer. Compare also dialectical English umbethink. etymology note The success of the Old French word was helped by its proximity in sound and meaning to an existing Germanic word: Old English mimorian, mymerian (“to remember, commemorate”) from Proto-Germanic *mimrōną, *mīmrōną (“to remember, be mindful”), from the same Indo-European source, and is akin to Saterland Frisian miemerje (“to ponder, reflect”), Middle Low German mimeren (“to ponder, meditate”), Middle Dutch mimeren (“to reflect, think to oneself”) (Dutch mijmeren (“to muse, reflect deeply”)), Old English ġemimor (“mindful”), Old Norse Mímir, Mim (“Norse god of memory”), Old English māmrian (“to think out, design”). Related to mourn. Displaced native Middle English ȝemuneȝen (“to remember”), from Old English ġemynegian (“to remember, remind”); Middle English minnen (“to remember, have in mind”), from Old Norse minna (“to remind”); Middle English munden, ȝemunden (“to bear in mind, remember”), from Old English ġemynd (“memory, remembrance”); Middle English ithenchen, ȝethenchen (“to think on, remember”), from Old English ġeþencan; Middle English manien (“to remind, mention, remember”), from Old English manian (“to admonish, remind, mention”).
More words from Middle English, Old French, Late Latin
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Ancient Greek μιμνήσκομαι, μνημονεύω
- μιμνήσκομαι (mimnḗskomai)to recall from one's memory
- μνημονεύω (mnēmoneúō)to recall from one's memory
Arabic تَذَكَّرَ, اِسْتَذْكَرَ
- تَذَكَّرَ (taḏakkara)to recall from one's memory
- اِسْتَذْكَرَ (istaḏkara)to memorize
- تَذَكَّرَ (taḏakkara)to not forget to do something required
Bengali মনে করা, মনে পড়া
- মনে করা (mone kora)to recall from one's memory
- মনে পড়া (mone poṛa)to recall from one's memory
- মনে রাখা (mone rakha)to memorize
- মনে রাখা (mone rakha)to not forget to do something required
Bulgarian спо́мням си, спо́мня си
- спо́мням си (spómnjam si)to recall from one's memory
- спо́мня си (spómnja si)to recall from one's memory
- по́мня (pómnja)to memorize
- запо́мням (zapómnjam)to memorize
- предавам поздрави (predavam pozdravi)to convey greetings
Catalan recordar, recordar-se
- recordarto recall from one's memory
- recordar-seto recall from one's memory
- rememorarto recall from one's memory
- retenirto memorize
- memoritzarto memorize
- recordar-seto not forget to do something required
- recordarto not forget to do something required
Chinese Cantonese 記得 /记得, 記住 /记住
- 記得 /记得 (gei³ dak¹)to recall from one's memory
- 記住 /记住 (gei³ zyu⁶)to memorize
- 記實 /记实 (gei³ sat⁶)to memorize
- 記住 /记住 (gei³ zyu⁶)to not forget to do something required
Chinese Mandarin 記得 /记得, 記憶 /记忆
- 記得 /记得 (jìde)to recall from one's memory
- 記憶 /记忆 (jìyì)to recall from one's memory
- 回憶 /回忆 (huíyì)to recall from one's memory
- 記住 /记住 (jìzhù)to memorize
- 死記硬背 /死记硬背 (sǐjì yìngbèi)to memorize
- 記住 /记住 (jìzhù)to not forget to do something required
Czech pamatovat si, vzpomenout si
- pamatovat sito recall from one's memory
- vzpomenout sito recall from one's memory
- vzpomínatto recall from one's memory
- zapamatovat sito memorize
Danish huske, erindre
- husketo recall from one's memory
- erindreto recall from one's memory
Dutch zich herinneren, gedenken
- zich herinnerento recall from one's memory
- gedenkento recall from one's memory
- onthoudento memorize
- eraan denkento not forget to do something required
Esperanto rememori, memori
- rememorito recall from one's memory
- memorito memorize
Estonian mäletama
- mäletamato recall from one's memory
Finnish muistaa, painaa muistiin
- muistaato recall from one's memory
- painaa muistiinto memorize
- muistaato not forget to do something required
- muistellato have a remembrance ceremony
French se rappeler, se souvenir
- se rappelerto recall from one's memory
- se souvenirto recall from one's memory
- se remémorerto recall from one's memory
- retenirto memorize
- penser àto not forget to do something required
German sich erinnern, sich merken
- sich erinnernto recall from one's memory
- sich merkento memorize
- daran denkento not forget to do something required
- grüßento convey greetings
- bedenkento give (a person) money as a token of appreciation
- gedenkento have a remembrance ceremony
Greek θυμάμαι, θυμάμαι
- θυμάμαι (thymámai)to recall from one's memory
- θυμάμαι (thymámai)to memorize
Hawaiian hoʻomanaʻo
- hoʻomanaʻoto recall from one's memory
Hebrew זָכַר, נזכר
- זָכַר (zakhár)to recall from one's memory
- נזכר (nizkár)to recall from one's memory
- זָכַר (zakhár)to memorize
- זָכַר (zakhár)to not forget to do something required
Hindi स्मरण रखना, स्मरण
- स्मरण रखना (smaraṇ rakhnā)to recall from one's memory
- स्मरण (smaraṇ)to memorize
Hungarian emlékszik, emlékezik
- emlékszikto recall from one's memory
- emlékezikto recall from one's memory
- megjegyezto memorize
- észben tartto memorize
- ne felejtse/felejtsd/feledje/feleddto not forget to do something required
- megemlékezikto have a remembrance ceremony
Icelandic muna
- munato recall from one's memory
Indonesian ingat
- ingatto recall from one's memory
Irish is cuimhin le, cuimhne a bheith agat ar
- is cuimhin leto recall from one's memory
- cuimhne a bheith agat arto recall from one's memory
- cuimhnigh arto recall from one's memory
Italian ricordare, rammentare
- ricordareto recall from one's memory
- rammentareto recall from one's memory
- rammemorareto recall from one's memory
- rimembrareto recall from one's memory
- memorizzareto memorize
- ricordareto not forget to do something required
- ricordarsito not forget to do something required
- ricordareto convey greetings
Japanese 思い出す, 覚える
- 思い出す (omoidasu)to recall from one's memory
- 覚える (oboeru)to recall from one's memory
- 記憶する (kioku suru)to recall from one's memory
- 覚える (oboeru)to memorize
- 記憶する (kioku suru)to memorize
- 確認する (kakunin suru)to not forget to do something required
- よろしく伝える (yoroshiku tsutaeru)to convey greetings
Korean 기억하다, 암기하다
- 기억하다 (gieokhada)to recall from one's memory
- 암기하다 (amgihada)to memorize
- 기억하다 (gieokhada)to memorize
Latin meminī, reminiscor
- meminīto recall from one's memory
- reminiscorto recall from one's memory
- recordorto recall from one's memory
- memororto recall from one's memory
- teneōto recall from one's memory
- ediscoto memorize
- memororto memorize
- recordorto not forget to do something required
- memororto not forget to do something required
- memororto convey greetings
- recordorto convey greetings
Latvian atminēties, atcerēties
- atminētiesto recall from one's memory
- atcerētiesto recall from one's memory
- iegaumētto memorize
Lithuanian prisiminti, atsiminti
- prisimintito recall from one's memory
- atsimintito recall from one's memory
Māori mahara, mahara-tia
- maharato recall from one's memory
- mahara-tiato recall from one's memory
Norwegian Bokmål huske, minnes
- husketo recall from one's memory
- minnesto recall from one's memory
- komme i huto recall from one's memory
Persian به یاد آوردن, یاد آمدن
- به یاد آوردن (be yâd âvardan)to recall from one's memory
- یاد آمدن (yâd âmadan)to recall from one's memory
- یاد کردن (yâd kardan)to recall from one's memory
- به یاد داشتن (be yâd dâštan)to memorize
- به یاد داشتن (be yâd dâštan)to not forget to do something required
Polish pamiętać, zapamiętać
- pamiętaćto recall from one's memory
- zapamiętaćto recall from one's memory
- zapamiętywaćto memorize
- zapamiętaćto memorize
Portuguese lembrar-se, recordar-se
- lembrar-seto recall from one's memory
- recordar-seto recall from one's memory
- decorarto memorize
- memorizarto memorize
Romanian aminti, își aduce aminte
- amintito recall from one's memory
- își aduce aminteto recall from one's memory
- ține minteto recall from one's memory
- ține minteto memorize
- ține minteto not forget to do something required
- pomenito have a remembrance ceremony
- comemorato have a remembrance ceremony
Russian по́мнить, вспомина́ть
- по́мнить (pómnitʹ)to recall from one's memory
- вспомина́ть (vspominátʹ)to recall from one's memory
- вспо́мнить (vspómnitʹ)to recall from one's memory
- запомина́ть (zapominátʹ)to memorize
- запо́мнить (zapómnitʹ)to memorize
- не забыва́ть (ne zabyvátʹ)to memorize
- не забы́ть (ne zabýtʹ)to memorize
- по́мнить (pómnitʹ)to not forget to do something required
- не забыва́ть (ne zabyvátʹ)to not forget to do something required
- не забы́ть (ne zabýtʹ)to not forget to do something required
- помина́ть (pominátʹ)to have a remembrance ceremony
- помяну́ть (pomjanútʹ)to have a remembrance ceremony
Scottish Gaelic cuimhnich, meòraich
- cuimhnichto recall from one's memory
- meòraichto recall from one's memory
- bi cuimhne aigto recall from one's memory
- meòraichto memorize
- cuimhnichto not forget to do something required
Slovak pamätať si, spomenúť si
- pamätať sito recall from one's memory
- spomenúť sito recall from one's memory
- zapamätať sito memorize
Spanish acordarse/arrecordarse/alcordarse de, recordar
- acordarse/arrecordarse/alcordarse deto recall from one's memory
- recordarto recall from one's memory
- acordarse/arrecordarse/alcordarse deto not forget to do something required
- recordarto not forget to do something required
- darse recuerdosto convey greetings
Swahili -kumbuka
- -kumbukato recall from one's memory
Swedish komma ihåg, minnas
- komma ihågto recall from one's memory
- minnasto recall from one's memory
- komma ihågto memorize
- minnasto memorize
- memorerato memorize
- komma ihågto not forget to do something required
Tagalog tandaan, alalahanin
- tandaanto recall from one's memory
- alalahaninto recall from one's memory
- tandaanto memorize
- alalahaninto not forget to do something required
Thai จำได้, จำ
- จำได้to recall from one's memory
- จำ (jam)to recall from one's memory
- จดจำ (jòt-jam)to recall from one's memory
- จำไว้to recall from one's memory
Turkish hatırlamak, anımsamak
- hatırlamakto recall from one's memory
- anımsamakto recall from one's memory
- bellemek öğrenmekto memorize
Ukrainian пам'ята́ти, запам'ята́ти
- пам'ята́ти (pamʺjatáty)to recall from one's memory
- запам'ята́ти (zapamʺjatáty)to recall from one's memory
- запам'ято́вувати (zapamʺjatóvuvaty)to memorize
- запам'ята́ти (zapamʺjatáty)to memorize
Urdu یاد کرنا, یاد رکھنا
- یاد کرنا (yād karnā)to recall from one's memory
- یاد رکھنا (yād rakhnā)to memorize
Vietnamese nhớ, nhớ
- nhớto recall from one's memory
- nhớto memorize
- thuộcto memorize
- thuộc lòngto memorize
Welsh cofio
- cofioto recall from one's memory
Yiddish געדענקען
- געדענקען (gedenken)to recall from one's memory
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with remember
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