memorable

[ mem-er-uh-buhl ]
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adjective
  1. worth remembering; notable: a memorable speech.

  2. easily remembered.

Origin of memorable

1
First recorded in 1400–50; late Middle English, from Latin memorābilis “worth mentioning,” from memorā(re) “to mention” + -bilis -ble

Other words for memorable

Other words from memorable

  • mem·o·ra·bil·i·ty, mem·o·ra·ble·ness, noun
  • mem·o·ra·bly, adverb
  • un·mem·o·ra·ble, adjective

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How to use memorable in a sentence

  • We arrived at Boston in the early part of March, after one of the most memorably successful voyages on record.

  • The part of their story that is concerned in this war is memorable, and may we not say it, memorably fine?

  • The miraculous air, heady with ozone and made memorably sweet by leagues of wild flowerets, gave tang and savour to the breath.

  • Emily coaxed from her permission to have a fire in the bookroom, and there we three had a memorably happy time.

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  • Never had he shown the grandeur of his character so memorably as in this terrible march.

British Dictionary definitions for memorable

memorable

/ (ˈmɛmərəbəl, ˈmɛmrə-) /


adjective
  1. worth remembering or easily remembered; noteworthy

Origin of memorable

1
C15: from Latin memorābilis, from memorāre to recall, from memor mindful

Derived forms of memorable

  • memorability or memorableness, noun
  • memorably, adverb

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