remind
Use Remind in a sentence
verb (used with object)
to cause (a person) to remember; cause (a person) to think (of someone or something): Remind me to phone him tomorrow. That woman reminds me of my mother.
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| —vb (usually foll by of; may take a clause as object or an infinitive) | |
| to cause (a person) to remember (something or to do something); make (someone) aware (of something he may have forgotten): remind me to phone home; flowers remind me of holidays | |
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Etymonline
Word Origin & History
remind
1645, "to remember," from re- "again" + mind (v.). Meaning "to put (someone) in mind of (something)" is first recorded 1660. Reminder is attested from 1653.
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Example sentences
Huge double blooms, with layers of pink and cream petals, remind us of cool sorbet.
Politicians in both parties need to remind themselves that there is much more that unites than divides them.
My job at the college workshop was to remind the group that the author had her own thesis.
Not to worry, the life systems on this planet will soon remind us of this.
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