REMEMBER

remember, retrieve, recall, call back, call up, recollect, think

(verb) recall knowledge from memory; have a recollection; “I can’t remember saying any such thing”; “I can’t think what her last name was”; “can you remember her phone number?”; “Do you remember that he once loved you?”; “call up memories”

remember, think of

(verb) keep in mind for attention or consideration; “Remember the Alamo”; “Remember to call your mother every day!”; “Think of the starving children in India!”

remember, think back

(verb) recapture the past; indulge in memories; “he remembered how he used to pick flowers”

commemorate, remember

(verb) call to remembrance; keep alive the memory of someone or something, as in a ceremony; “We remembered the 50th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz”; “Remember the dead of the First World War”

remember

(verb) exercise, or have the power of, memory; “After the shelling, many people lost the ability to remember”; “some remember better than others”

commend, remember

(verb) mention as by way of greeting or to indicate friendship; “Remember me to your wife”

remember

(verb) mention favorably, as in prayer; “remember me in your prayers”

remember

(verb) show appreciation to; “He remembered her in his will”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

Verb

remember (third-person singular simple present remembers, present participle remembering, simple past and past participle remembered)

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

To memorize; to put something into memory.

To keep in mind, be mindful of

To not forget (to do something required)

To convey greetings from.

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

(intransitive) To engage in the process of recalling memories.

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

(transitive) to commemorate, to have a remembrance ceremony

Usage notes

• In sense 1 this is a catenative verb that takes the gerund (-ing).

• In sense 3 this is a catenative verb that takes the to infinitive.

• See English catenative verbs

Synonyms

• recall

• reminisce

Anagrams

• remembre

Source: Wiktionary

Re*mem"ber (r-mm"br), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Remembered (-brd); p. pr. & vb. n. Remembering.] Etym: [OF. remebrer, L. rememorari; pref. re- re- + memorare to bring to remembrance, from memor mindful. See Memory, and cf. Rememorate.]

1. To have ( a notion or idea) come into the mind again, as previously perceived, known, or felt; to have a renewed apprehension of; to bring to mind again; to think of again; to recollect; as, I remember the fact; he remembers the events of his childhood; I cannot remember dates. We are said to remember anithing, when the idea of it ariseI. Watts.

2. To be capable of recalling when required; to keep in mind; to be continually aware or thoughtful of; to preserve fresh in the memory; to attend to; to think of with gratitude, affection, respect, or any other emotion. Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy. Ex. xx. 8. That they may have their wages duly paid 'em, And something over to remember me by. Shak. Remember what I warn thee; shun to taste. Milton.

3. To put in mind; to remind; -- also used reflexively and impersonally. [Obs.] "Remembering them the trith of what they themselves known." Milton. My friends remembered me of home. Chapman. Remember you of passed heaviness. Chaucer. And well thou wost [knowest] if it remember thee. Chaucer.

4. To mention. [Obs.] "As in many cases hereafter to be remembered." Ayliffe.

5. To recall to the mind of another, as in the friendly messages, remember me to him, he wishes to be remembered to you, etc.

Re*mem"ber (r-mm"br), v. i.

Definition: To execise or have the power of memory; as, some remember better than others. Shak.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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