remember
English
Alternative forms
- remembre (obsolete)
Etymology
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle English remembren, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old French remembrer (“to remember”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Late Latin rememorari (“to remember again”), from re- + memor (“mindful”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] 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.
The success of the Old French word was helped by its proximity in sound and meaning to an existing (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Lua error in Module:parameters at line 307: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "gem" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. word: Old English mimorian, mymerian "to remember, commemorate" from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Germanic *mimrōną, *mīmrōną (“to remember, be mindful”), from the same (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Indo-European source, and is akin to (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Saterland Frisian mīmerje "to ponder, reflect", (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle Low German mīmeren, mīmern "to ponder, meditate", (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle Dutch mīmeren "to reflect, think to oneself" (Dutch mijmeren (“to muse, reflect deeply”)), Old English mimor (“mindful”), (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old Norse Mímir, Mim, Norse god of Memory, Old English māmrian "to think out, design". Related to mourn.
Displaced native Lua error in Module:parameters at line 307: Parameter "sc" should be a valid script code; the value "Latinx" is not valid. See WT:LOS., from Old English ġemynegian (“to remember, remind”); Middle English minnen (“to remember, have in mind”), from Old Norse minna (“to remind”); Middle English munden, Lua error in Module:parameters at line 307: Parameter "sc" should be a valid script code; the value "Latinx" is not valid. See WT:LOS., from Old English ġemynd (“memory, remembrance”); Middle English ithenchen, Lua error in Module:parameters at line 307: Parameter "sc" should be a valid script code; the value "Latinx" is not valid. See WT:LOS., from Old English ġeþencan; Middle English manien (“to remind, mention, remember”), from Old English manian (“to admonish, remind, mention”).
Pronunciation
- Lua error in Module:parameters at line 307: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "GenAm" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): /ɹɪˈmɛmbɚ/
- Lua error in Module:parameters at line 307: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "GenAm" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. (dialectal) IPA(key): /ˈmɛmbɚ/ (often heard in rapid speech)
- Lua error in Module:parameters at line 307: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "RP" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): /ɹɪˈmɛmbə/
Audio (US): (file) Audio (UK): (file) Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -ɛmbə(ɹ)
- Hyphenation: re‧mem‧ber
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.
- 1852, Mrs M.A. Thompson, “The Tutor's Daughter”, in Graham's American Monthly Magazine of Literature, Art, and Fashion[1], page 266:
- In the lightness of my heart I sang catches of songs as my horse gayly bore me along the well-remembered road.
- 1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 6, in The China Governess[2]:
- […] 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”.
- 2016, VOA Learning English (public domain)
- Remember me? I live in your building.
Audio (US): (file)
- Remember me? I live in your building.
- To memorize; to put something into memory.
- Please remember this formula!
- To keep in mind, be mindful of
- Remember what I've said.
- 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.
- (obsolete) To put in mind; to remind (also used reflexively)
- 1610, The Tempest, by William Shakespeare, act 1 scene 2
- (Can we date this quote by Chapman and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)
- My friends remembered me of home.
- 1870, Dante Gabriel Rossetti, "Secret Parting", lines 5-7
- But soon, remembering her how brief the whole
- Of joy, which its own hours annihilate,
- Her set gaze gathered
- (intransitive) To engage in the process of recalling memories.
- You don't have to remind him; he remembers very well.
- (transitive) To 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.
- 2003, Little Visits 365 Family Devotions: Building Faith for a Lifetime (Concordia Publishing House)
- Waitresses, mail carriers, and teachers were often remembered on Boxing Day.
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 Appendix:English catenative verbs
Synonyms
Derived terms
Descendants
- Sranan Tongo: memre
Translations
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See also
Anagrams
- English terms derived from Middle English
- English terms derived from Old French
- English terms derived from Late Latin
- English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- English terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- English 3-syllable words
- English terms with IPA pronunciation
- English 2-syllable words
- English terms with audio links
- Rhymes:English/ɛmbə(ɹ)
- English lemmas
- English verbs
- English terms with quotations
- English terms with usage examples
- English terms with obsolete senses
- Requests for date/Chapman
- English intransitive verbs
- English transitive verbs
- Hakka terms with non-redundant manual script codes
- Min Nan terms with non-redundant manual script codes
- English basic words
- English reporting verbs
- en:Memory
- en:Thinking