remember
Verb
Verb Forms: remembered, remembering, remembers
- To recall from memory or keep in mind.
- recall knowledge from memory; have a recollection
- "I can't remember saying any such thing"
- "can you remember her phone number?"
- "Do you remember that he once loved you?"
- keep in mind for attention or consideration
- "Remember the Alamo"
- "Remember to call your mother every day!"
- recapture the past; indulge in memories
- "he remembered how he used to pick flowers"
- show appreciation to
- "He remembered her in his will"
- mention favorably, as in prayer
- "remember me in your prayers"
- mention as by way of greeting or to indicate friendship
- "Remember me to your wife"
- exercise, or have the power of, memory
- "After the shelling, many people lost the ability to remember"
- "some remember better than others"
- 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"
- 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; to be mindful of.
- To not forget (to do something required)
- To convey greetings from.
- To put in mind; to remind (also used reflexively).
- To engage in the process of recalling memories.
- To give (a person) money as a token of appreciation of past service or friendship.
- To commemorate, to have a remembrance ceremony.
- Alternative form of re-member.
Examples
- Always REMEMBER to check for parallel plays in Words With Friends.
- My aunt remembered me in her will, leaving me several thousand pounds.
- Please remember me to your brother.
- Please remember this formula!
- Remember to lock the door when you go out.
- Remember what I've said.
- She asks to be remembered to you all.
- Today we remember and honour those who have served.
- You don't have to remind him; he remembers very well.
Origin / Etymology
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 *mer-, *(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 mammer.
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”).
Synonyms
call back, call up, commemorate, commend, recall, recollect, retrieve, think, think back, think of, bear in mind, bethink, keep in mind, mind, remember, reminisce, retain, umbethink
Scrabble Score: 14
remember: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordremember: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
remember: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary