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English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle English remembren, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old French remembrer (“to remember”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Lua error in Module:parameters at line 95: Parameter 1 should be a valid language code; the value "LL." is not valid. See WT:LOL. 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.

etymology note

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 95: Parameter 1 should be a valid language code; the value "gem" is not valid. See WT:LOL. 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 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”).

Pronunciation

  • Lua error in Module:parameters at line 95: 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 95: 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 95: 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/
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  • Rhymes: -ɛmbə(ɹ)
  • Hyphenation: re‧mem‧ber

Verb

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

  1. 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.
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  2. To memorize; to put something into memory.
    Please remember this formula!
  3. To keep in mind, be mindful of
    Remember what I've said.
  4. To not forget (to do something required)
    Remember to lock the door when you go out.
  5. To convey greetings from.
    Please remember me to your brother.
  6. (obsolete) To put in mind; to remind (also used reflexively)
    • 1610, The Tempest, by William Shakespeare, act 1 scene 2
      Since thou dost give me pains, / Let me remember thee what thou hast promis'd, / Which is not yet perform'd me.
    • (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
  7. (intransitive) To engage in the process of recalling memories.
    You don't have to remind him; he remembers very well.
  8. (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

Synonyms

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Sranan Tongo: memre

Translations

(obsolete) to remind — see remind
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See also

Anagrams

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