Dictionary Definition
remember
Verb
1 recall knowledge from memory; have a
recollection; "I can't remember saying any such thing"; "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" [syn: retrieve, recall, call back,
call up,
recollect, think] [ant: forget]
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!" [syn: think of] [ant:
forget]
3 recapture the past; indulge in memories; "he
remembered how he used to pick flowers" [syn: think
back]
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" [syn: commend]
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" [syn: commemorate]
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Pronunciation
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- Rhymes: -ɛmbə(r)
Verb
- To recall one's
memory; to have an image
in one's memory.
- I remember the formula.
- I remember locking the door.
- I remember the formula.
- To memorize; to put
something into memory.
- Please remember this formula!
- To not forget (to do something required)
- Remember to lock the door when you go out.
- To convey greetings.
- Please remember me to your brother.
- To engage in the process of recalling memories.
- You don't have to remind him, he remembers very well.
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
Derived terms
Translations
to recall one's memory
- Arabic:
- Chinese: 记得 (jìde)
- Croatian: sjećati se
- Czech: pamatovat
- Dutch: zich herinneren, herinneren, gedenken
- Esperanto: memori
- Finnish: muistaa
- French: se rappeler, se souvenir
- Galician: lembrar
- Georgian: ხსოვნა (xsovna)
- German: sich erinnern
- Greek: θυμάμαι (thymámai)
- Hindi: याद करना (yād karnā)
- Hungarian: emlékszik
- Irish: is cuimhin le
- Japanese: 思い出す
- Korean: 기억하다 (gieokhada)
- Latin: meminisse, reminiscor, recordor
- Portuguese: lembrar-se, recordar-se
- Russian: помнить ; не забывать , не забыть
- Slovak: pamätať sa, spomenúť si
- Slovenian: spomniti se
- Spanish: acordarse, recordar
- Swedish: komma ihåg, minnas
- Welsh: cofio
to memorize
- Arabic:
- Chinese: 死记硬背 (sǐ jì yìng bèi)
- Czech: zapamatovat
- Dutch: onthouden
- Esperanto: memori
- Finnish: painaa muistiin
- French: retenir
- Georgian: დაზეპირება (dazepireba), ზეპირად დასწავლა (zepirad dasts‘avla), დამახსოვრება (damaxsovreba)
- German: sich merken
- Greek: θυμάμαι (thymámai)
- Japanese: 覚える, 記憶する
- Latin: edisco
- Portuguese: decorar, memorizar
- Russian: запоминать , запомнить ; не забывать , не забыть
- Slovak: zapamätať si
- Slovene: zapomniti si
- Spanish: retener
- Swedish: komma ihåg, minnas, memorera
to not forget to do something required
- Japanese: 確認する
to convey greetings
- Georgian: მოკითხვის გადაცემა (mokit‘xvis gadatsema)
- Japanese: よろしく伝える
- Spanish: darse recuerdos
- trreq Albanian
- trreq Armenian
- trreq Hebrew
- ttbc Indonesian: ingat
- ttbc Italian: ricordarsi
- ttbc Kurdish:
- trreq Latvian
- trreq Lithuanian
- trreq Mongolian
- trreq Persian
- ttbc Polish: pamiętać
- trreq Romanian
- ttbc Serbian: setiti se (1), zapamtiti, upamtiti (2)
- trreq Turkish
See also
Extensive Definition
To remember is to recall items from memory, but the term may also
refer to:
In music:
- Remember (1925 song), a song by Irving Berlin
- "Remember", a song by Free from their 1970 album Fire and Water
- "Remember", a song by Jimi Hendrix from Are You Experienced
- "Remember (John Lennon song)", song by John Lennon from his 1970 album John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band
- Remember (Disturbed song), single by Disturbed
- Remember (Genocide Organ album), 1997 album by Genocide Organ
- Remember (Rusted Root album), 1996 album by Rusted Root
- Remember (Walking in the Sand), song originally recorded by The Shangri-Las
- Remember remember, the fifth of November, a folk song of Guy Fawkes Night
- Remember (John Lennon album), a special 2006 John Lennon compilation released exclusively by Starbucks
- "Remember", song by Ember McLain off of the Danny Phantom TV series
In television:
- "Remember" (Desperate Housewives episode), 2006 episode of Desperate Housewives
- Remember (Star Trek: Voyager), episode of Star Trek: Voyager
Other:
- Remember? (1939 film), a 1939 film starring Robert Taylor and Greer Garson
remember in Korean: Remember
remember in Japanese: Remember
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
bear in mind, bring back, bring to mind, bring to
recollection, call back, call to mind, call up, carry back,
cite, commemorate, conjure up,
educe, elicit, evoke, extract, give a hint, give the
cue, go back, go back over, hark back, hold the promptbook, jog the
memory, keep in mind, look back, memorialize, mind, muse on, nag, nudge, prompt, prompt the mind, put in
mind, put in remembrance, recall, recall to mind, recapture, recognize, recollect, reevoke, reflect, remind, remind one of, reminisce, retain, retrace, retrospect, review, review in retrospect,
revive, revoke, reward, see in retrospect,
suggest, summon up,
think back, think of, tip,
treasure, use
hindsight