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verb (used with object)
1.
to recall to the mind by an act or effort of memory; think of again: I'll try to remember the exact date.
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to retain in the memory; keep in mind; remain aware of: Remember your appointment with the dentist.
3.
to have (something) come into the mind again: I just remembered that it's your birthday today.
4.
to bear (a person) in mind as deserving a gift, reward, or fee: The company always remembers us at Christmas.
5.
EXPANDto give a tip, donation, or gift to: to remember the needy.
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to mention (a person) to another as sending kindly greetings: Remember me to your family.
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(of an appliance, computer, etc.) to perform (a programmed activity) at a later time or according to a preset schedule: The coffeepot remembers to start the coffee at 7 a.m. every day.
8.
COLLAPSEArchaic. to remind.
verb (used without object)
9.
to possess or exercise the faculty of memory.
10.
to have recollection (sometimes followed by of): The old man remembers of his youth.
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Origin:
1300–50; Middle English remembren < Old French remembrer < Late Latin rememorārī, equivalent to re- re- + Latin memor mindful (see memory) + -ārī infinitive suffix
1300–50; Middle English remembren < Old French remembrer < Late Latin rememorārī, equivalent to re- re- + Latin memor mindful (see memory) + -ārī infinitive suffix
Related forms
re·mem·ber·a·ble, adjective
re·mem·ber·er, noun
un·re·mem·bered, adjective
un·re·mem·ber·ing, adjective
well-re·mem·bered, adjective
Synonyms
1. Remember, recall, recollect refer to bringing back before the conscious mind things which exist in the memory. Remember implies that a thing exists in the memory, though not actually present in the thoughts at the moment: to remember the days of one's childhood. Recall implies a voluntary effort, though not a great one: to recall the words of a song. Recollect implies an earnest voluntary effort to remember some definite, desired fact or thing: I cannot recollect the exact circumstances.
1. Remember, recall, recollect refer to bringing back before the conscious mind things which exist in the memory. Remember implies that a thing exists in the memory, though not actually present in the thoughts at the moment: to remember the days of one's childhood. Recall implies a voluntary effort, though not a great one: to recall the words of a song. Recollect implies an earnest voluntary effort to remember some definite, desired fact or thing: I cannot recollect the exact circumstances.
Antonyms
1, 2. forget.
1, 2. forget.
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Word Origin & History
remember
c.1300, from O.Fr. remembrer (11c.), from L. rememorari "recall to mind, remember," from re- "again" + memorari "be mindful of," from memor "mindful" (see memory). Replaced native gemunan. The noun remembrance in the sense of "keepsake, souvenir" is recorded from 1425. Remembrance
EXPANDDay, the Sunday nearest Nov. 11 (originally in memory of the dead of World War I) is attested from 1921.
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Medical Dictionary
remember re·mem·ber (rĭ-měm'bər)
v. re·mem·bered, re·mem·ber·ing, re·mem·bers
To recall to the mind; think of again.
To retain in the memory.
To return to an original shape or form after being deformed or altered.
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