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1. | [ verb ] recall knowledge from memory; have a recollection | |
Synonyms: | recall think recollect call_up remind call_back retrieve | |
Examples: | : "I can't remember saying any such thing" "I can't think what her last name was" "can you remember her phone number?" "Do you remember that he once loved you?" "call up memories" |
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Related terms: | forget recognize review know idea recall recall think retrieval | |
2. | [ verb ] keep in mind for attention or consideration | |
Synonyms: | think_of | |
Examples: | "Remember the Alamo" "Remember to call your mother every day!" "Think of the starving children in India!" |
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Related terms: | forget qualify mind keep_note retain recall | |
3. | [ verb ] recapture the past; indulge in memories | |
Synonyms: | think_back | |
Examples: | "he remembered how he used to pick flowers" |
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Related terms: | review reminisce memory recall | |
4. | [ verb ] show appreciation to | |
Synonyms: | reward | |
Examples: | "He remembered her in his will" |
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Related terms: | bequeath memorial | |
5. | [ verb ] exercise, or have the power of, memory | |
Examples: | "After the shelling, many people lost the ability to remember" "some remember better than others" |
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Related terms: | relate associate recall | |
6. | [ verb ] mention favourably, as in prayer | |
Examples: | "remember me in your prayers" |
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Related terms: | mention memorial | |
7. | [ verb ] mention as by way of greeting or to indicate friendship | |
Synonyms: | commend | |
Examples: | "Remember me to your wife" |
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Related terms: | mention | |
8. | [ verb ] call to remembrance; keep alive the memory of someone or something, as in a ceremony | |
Synonyms: | commemorate | |
Examples: | "We remembered the 50th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz" "Remember the dead of the First World War" |
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Related terms: | recall commemoration | |
Similar spelling: |
remembered remembering remembrance |