remember
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɹɪˈmɛmbɚ/
ipa: /ɹəˈmɛmbɚ/
note: in rapid speech
ipa: /ˈmɛmbɚ/
note: in rapid speech
ipa: /ˈɹɪmbɚ/
note: in rapid speech
ipa: /ˈɹɛmbɚ/
ipa: /ɹɪˈmɛmbə/
note: Dublin
ipa: /ɹəˈmɛmbɐ/
rhymes: -ɛmbə(ɹ)
Forms: form: remembers
form: remembering
form: remembered
form: remembered
form: no-table-tags
form: glossary
form: remember
form: remember
form: remembered
form: remember
form: rememberest
form: remembered
form: rememberedst
form: remembers
form: remembereth
form: remembered
form: remember
form: remembered
form: remember
form: remembered
form: remember
form: -
form: remembering
form: remembered
form: remembre
form: 'member
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”).
Senses: examples: text: In the lightness of my heart I sang catches of songs as my horse gayly bore me along the well-remembered road.
ref: 1852, Mrs M.A. Thompson, “The Tutor's Daughter”, in Graham's American Monthly Magazine of Literature, Art, and Fashion, page 266:
text: […] 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”.
ref: 1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 6, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC:
text: 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.
ref: 1971, Lyndon Johnson, The Vantage Point, Holt, Reinhart & Winston, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 104:
text: 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.
ref: 2012, Mick Brown, Tearing Down The Wall of Sound: The Rise And Fall of Phil Spector:
text: […] 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?
ref: 2015, Orren Merton, The Dawning of Firebird Alex:
text: Remember me? I live in your building.
ref: 2016, VOA Learning English (public domain)
text: 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.
ref: 2018 January 1, Donald McRae, “The Guardian footballer of the year 2017: Juan Mata”, in The Guardian:
text: 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.
ref: 2021, President Joe Biden, (Please provide the book title or journal name):
text: When Maisie first met Danny, she remembers that he had an infectious laugh and a love for music.
ref: 2024 November 20, Fortesa Latifi, “How These Men Left the Manosphere — and Why Some May Never”, in Teen Vogue:
synonyms: think
glosses: To recall from one's memory; to have an image in one's memory.
examples: text: Please remember this formula!
synonyms: retain
glosses: To memorize; to put something into memory.
examples: text: Remember what I've said.
synonyms: mind
glosses: To keep in mind; to be mindful of.
examples: text: Remember to lock the door when you go out.
glosses: To not forget (to do something required)
examples: text: Please remember me to your brother.
text: She asks to be remembered to you all.
text: Emil. Thanckes Sir; Remember me
To our all royall Brother, for whose speede
The great Bellona ile sollicite; and […]
ref: 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:
glosses: To convey greetings from.
examples: text: Since thou dost give me pains, / Let me remember thee what thou hast promis'd, / Which is not yet perform'd me.
ref: 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]:
text: My friends remember'd me of home.
ref: 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, →OCLC:
text: But soon, remembering her how brief the whole
Of joy, which its own hours annihilate,
Her set gaze gathered
ref: 1870, Dante Gabriel Rossetti, Secret Parting, lines 5–7:
glosses: To put in mind; to remind (also used reflexively).
examples: text: You don't have to remind him; he remembers very well.
glosses: To engage in the process of recalling memories.
examples: text: My aunt remembered me in her will, leaving me several thousand pounds.
text: Waitresses, mail carriers, and teachers were often remembered on Boxing Day.
ref: 2003, Little Visits 365 Family Devotions: Building Faith for a Lifetime, Concordia Publishing House:
glosses: To give (a person) money as a token of appreciation of past service or friendship.
examples: text: Today we remember and honour those who have served.
glosses: To commemorate, to have a remembrance ceremony.
Synonyms: word: recall
word: reminisce
word: retrieve
word: bear in mind
word: bethink
word: keep in mind
word: mind
word: recollect
word: remember
word: think back
word: umbethink
Hyponyms: word: look back
word: place
word: rack one's brain
word: reminisce
word: misrecollect
word: misremember
Derived terms: disremember
for as long as one can remember
I can't remember the last time
misremember
Pepperidge Farm remembers
rememberer
remember like it was yesterday
remembrance
Related terms: word: recollect
word: recollection
word: remind
word: bring back
word: ponder
word: regret
word: take back
word: slip someone's mind
word: memory