remember
UK /ɹɪˈmɛm.bə/ · US /ɹɪˈmɛm.bɚ/ verb
Forms remembers remembering remembered rememberest rememberedst remembereth remembre 'member rmb re-member
- verb To recall from one's memory; to have an image in one's memory.
- verb To memorize; to put something into memory. “Please remember this formula!”
- verb To keep in mind; to be mindful of. “Remember what I've said.”
- verb To not forget (to do something required) “Remember to lock the door when you go out.”
- verb To convey greetings from. “Please remember me to your brother.”
- verb (obsolete) To put in mind; to remind (also used reflexively).
- verb (intransitive) To engage in the process of recalling memories. “You don't have to remind him; he remembers very well.”
- verb (transitive) To give (a person) money as a token of appreciation of past service or friendship. “My aunt remembered me in her will, leaving me several thousand pounds.”
Synonyms
think place retain mind recall reminisce retrieve bear in mind bethink keep in mind recollect think back umbethink call back call up think of commend commemorate
Antonyms
Etymology
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.
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, remind”); Middle English minnen (“to remember, have in mind”), from Old Norse minna (“to remind”); Middle English munden, ȝemunden (“to bear in mind, remember”), from Old English ġemynd (“memory, remembrance”); Middle English ithenchen, ȝethenchen (“to think on, remember”), from Old English ġeþencan; Middle English manien (“to remind, mention, remember”), from Old English manian (“to admonish, remind, mention”).
From re- + member.
Webster’s 1913
- verb To have ( a notion or idea) come into the mind again, as previously perceived, known, or felt; to have a renewed apprehension of; to bring to mind again; to think of again; to recollect; as, I remember the fact; he remembers the events of his childhood; I cannot remember dates.
- verb To be capable of recalling when required; to keep in mind; to be continually aware or thoughtful of; to preserve fresh in the memory; to attend to; to think of with gratitude, affection, respect, or any other emotion.
- verb To execise or have the power of memory; as, some remember better than others. Shak.
Etymology [OF. remebrer, L. rememorari; pref. re- re- + memorare to bring to remembrance, from memor mindful. See Memory, and cf. Rememorate.]
Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “remember”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details