remember
Other forms: remembered; remembering; remembers
To remember is to recollect, or to call upon your memory. Remember that time you fell out of your tree house and bonked your head? No? Go figure.
There are many shades of meaning of remember, but at its core it refers to the act of recalling or thinking back. You can remember something fondly, like your first kiss, or you might remember something suddenly, like when the smell of tar brings back the time your bicycle wheel got caught in a pot hole and you fell off. To remember someone means you show appreciation, like when the Oscar winners try to remember all those names.
Definitions of remember
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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?”
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blank out, block, draw a blank, forget
be unable to remember
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know
perceive as familiar
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recognise, recognize
perceive to be the same
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brush up, refresh, review
refresh one's memory
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identify
consider to be equal or the same
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blank out, block, draw a blank, forget
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recapture the past; indulge in memories“he remembered how he used to pick flowers”
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synonyms:
think back
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reminisce
recall the past
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look back, retrospect, review
look back upon (a period of time, sequence of events); remember
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reminisce
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keep in mind for attention or consideration“Remember the Alamo”“Remember to call your mother every day!”
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synonyms:
think of
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bear in mind, mind
keep in mind
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retain
keep in one's mind
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keep note
maintain in the forefront of one's awareness
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characterise, characterize, qualify
describe or portray the character or the qualities or peculiarities of
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attend to, take to heart
get down to; pay attention to; take seriously
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differentiate, distinguish, mark
be a distinctive feature, attribute, or trait; sometimes in a very positive sense
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stamp
reveal clearly as having a certain character
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exercise, or have the power of, memory
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show appreciation to
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mention favorably, as in prayer
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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”
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synonyms:
commemorate
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mention as by way of greeting or to indicate friendship
Pronunciation
US
/rɪˈmɛmbər/
UK
/rəˈmɛmbə/
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