remember

English Online Dictionary. What means remember‎? What does remember mean?

English

Etymology 1

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 mammer.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ɹɪˈmɛmbɚ/, /ɹəˈmɛmbɚ/
• (General American, uncommon or dialectal, in rapid speech) IPA^(key): /ˈmɛmbɚ/, /ˈɹɪmbɚ/, /ˈɹɛmbɚ/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ɹɪˈmɛmbə/
• Rhymes: -ɛmbə(ɹ)
• Hyphenation: re‧mem‧ber

Verb

remember (third-person singular simple present remembers, present participle remembering, simple past and past participle remembered)

1. To recall from one's memory; to have an image in one's memory.
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     Remember me? I live in your building.
2. To memorize; to put something into memory.

3. To keep in mind; to be mindful of.

4. To not forget (to do something required)

5. To convey greetings from.
6. (obsolete) To put in mind; to remind (also used reflexively).
7. (intransitive) To engage in the process of recalling memories.

8. (transitive) To give (a person) money as a token of appreciation of past service or friendship.
9. (transitive) To commemorate, to have a remembrance ceremony.

   Today we remember and honour those who have served.

Usage notes

• In sense 1 this is a catenative verb that takes the gerund (-ing).
• In sense 3 this is a catenative verb that takes the to infinitive.
• See Appendix:English catenative verbs

Conjugation

Alternative forms

• remembre (obsolete)

Synonyms

• recall
• reminisce
• retrieve

Derived terms

Descendants

• Sranan Tongo: memre

Translations

See also

• recollect
• recollection
• remind

Etymology 2

From re- +‎ member.

Verb

remember (third-person singular simple present remembers, present participle remembering, simple past and past participle remembered)

1. (rare) Alternative form of re-member

Alternative forms

• re-member

Anagrams

• remembre

Portuguese

Etymology

From English remember.

Noun

remember m (plural remembers)

1. (informal) The act of having sex with one's ex.