REMEMBER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does remember mean? 

• REMEMBER (verb)
  The verb REMEMBER has 8 senses:

1. recall knowledge from memory; have a recollection

2. keep in mind for attention or consideration

3. recapture the past; indulge in memories

4. show appreciation to

5. mention favorably, as in prayer

6. mention as by way of greeting or to indicate friendship

7. exercise, or have the power of, memory

8. call to remembrance; keep alive the memory of someone or something, as in a ceremony

  Familiarity information: REMEMBER used as a verb is common.

 Dictionary entry details 

• REMEMBER (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they remember    ... he / she / it remembers   
Past simple: remembered   
Past participle: remembered   
-ing form: remembering   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Recall knowledge from memory; have a recollection

Classified under:

Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting

Synonyms:

call back; call up; recall; recollect; remember; retrieve; think

Context example:

call up memories

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "remember"):

know (perceive as familiar)

recognise; recognize (perceive to be the same)

brush up; refresh; review (refresh one's memory)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
Somebody ----s VERB-ing

Sentence example:

They won't remember the story

Antonym:

forget (be unable to remember)

Derivation:

remembering (the cognitive processes whereby past experience is remembered)

remembrance (the ability to recall past occurrences)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Keep in mind for attention or consideration

Classified under:

Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting

Synonyms:

remember; think of

Context example:

Think of the starving children in India!

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "remember"):

bear in mind; mind (keep in mind)

retain (keep in one's mind)

keep note (maintain in the forefront of one's awareness)

characterise; characterize; qualify (describe or portray the character or the qualities or peculiarities of)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE

Sentence example:

They remember to move

Antonym:

forget (dismiss from the mind; stop remembering)

Derivation:

remembrance (the ability to recall past occurrences)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Recapture the past; indulge in memories

Classified under:

Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting

Synonyms:

remember; think back

Context example:

he remembered how he used to pick flowers

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "remember"):

reminisce (recall the past)

look back; retrospect; review (look back upon (a period of time, sequence of events); remember)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

remembering (the cognitive processes whereby past experience is remembered)

remembrance (the ability to recall past occurrences)

Sense 4

Meaning:

Show appreciation to

Classified under:

Verbs of buying, selling, owning

Context example:

He remembered her in his will

Hypernyms (to "remember" is one way to...):

bequeath; leave; will (leave or give by will after one's death)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s somebody

Derivation:

remembrance (a recognition of meritorious service)

Sense 5

Meaning:

Mention favorably, as in prayer

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Context example:

remember me in your prayers

Hypernyms (to "remember" is one way to...):

advert; bring up; cite; mention; name; refer (make reference to)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s somebody

Derivation:

remembrance (a recognition of meritorious service)

Sense 6

Meaning:

Mention as by way of greeting or to indicate friendship

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Synonyms:

commend; remember

Context example:

Remember me to your wife

Hypernyms (to "remember" is one way to...):

advert; bring up; cite; mention; name; refer (make reference to)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s somebody PP

Sense 7

Meaning:

Exercise, or have the power of, memory

Classified under:

Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting

Context example:

some remember better than others

Hypernyms (to "remember" is one way to...):

associate; colligate; connect; link; link up; relate; tie in (make a logical or causal connection)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s

Derivation:

remembering (the cognitive processes whereby past experience is remembered)

remembrance (the ability to recall past occurrences)

Sense 8

Meaning:

Call to remembrance; keep alive the memory of someone or something, as in a ceremony

Classified under:

Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting

Synonyms:

commemorate; remember

Context example:

Remember the dead of the First World War

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody

Derivation:

remembrance (the ability to recall past occurrences)

 Context examples 

I well remembered all; language, glance, and tone seemed at the moment vividly renewed.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)

I remember his wail at the meeting, which began: 'In fifty years experience of scientific intercourse—'

(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

A question about whether an individual can remember new things.

(Can Remember New Things, NCI Thesaurus)

Functional Assessment of Multiple Sclerosis (FAMS) Thinking and Fatigue: I have trouble remembering things.

(FAMS - Trouble Remembering Things, NCI Thesaurus)

A patient's failure to remember to take a dose of medication.

(Forgot to Take Medication Dose, NCI Thesaurus)

A substance that is being studied in the prevention of cognitive dysfunction (slowed ability to think, reason, concentrate, or remember) in patients receiving chemotherapy.

(EGb761, NCI Dictionary)

The patient usually does not remember the procedure.

(Deep sedation, NCI Dictionary)

A condition in which a person loses the ability to think, remember, learn, make decisions, and solve problems.

(Dementia, NCI Dictionary)

A question about whether an individual is or was able to remember things.

(Able to Remember, NCI Thesaurus)

It's important to remember that adults who are obese or overweight are at greater risk of developing diabetes, high blood pressure, and high cholesterol in the first place.

(Mildly Obese Fare Better after Major Heart Attack, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)