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remember

re·mem·ber

UK/ɹɪˈmɛmbə/ US/ɹɪˈmɛmbɚ/ very common

verb

1.

recall knowledge from memory; have a recollection

  • “I can”
  • “;”
  • “t think what her last name was”
  • “can you remember her phone number?”
  • “Do you remember that he once loved you?”
  • “call up memories”
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2.

keep in mind for attention or consideration

  • “Remember the Alamo”
  • “Remember to call your mother every day!”
  • “Think of the starving children in India!”
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3.

recapture the past; indulge in memories

  • “he remembered how he used to pick flowers”
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4.

show appreciation to

  • “He remembered her in his will”
5.

mention favourably, as in prayer

  • “remember me in your prayers”
6.

mention as by way of greeting or to indicate friendship

  • “Remember me to your wife”
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7.

exercise, or have the power of, memory

  • “After the shelling, many people lost the ability to remember”
  • “some remember better than others”
8.

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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Origin

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 mimmer and mammer. Compare also dialectical English umbethink. 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, re...

Phrases

  • bring back
  • for as long as one can remember
  • I can't remember the last time
  • Pepperidge Farm remembers
  • remember like it was yesterday
  • slip someone's mind
  • take back

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