(~s, ~ing, ~ed)
Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English.
1.
If you ~ people or events from the past, you still have an idea of them in your mind and you are able to think about them.
You wouldn’t ~ me. I was in another group...
I certainly don’t ~ talking to you at all...
I ~ed that we had drunk the last of the coffee the week before...
I can ~ where and when I bought each one...
I used to do that when you were a little girl, ~?
VERB: V n/-ing, V n/-ing, V that, V wh, V
2.
If you ~ that something is the case, you become aware of it again after a time when you did not think about it.
She ~ed that she was going to the social club that evening...
Then I ~ed the cheque, which cheered me up.
VERB: V that, V n
3.
If you cannot ~ something, you are not able to bring it back into your mind when you make an effort to do so.
If you can’t ~ your number, write it in code in a diary...
I can’t ~ what I said...
Don’t tell me you can’t ~.
VERB: usu with brd-neg, V n/-ing, V wh, V
4.
If you ~ to do something, you do it when you intend to.
Please ~ to enclose a stamped addressed envelope when writing.
? forget
VERB: V to-inf
5.
You tell someone to ~ that something is the case when you want to emphasize its importance. It may be something that they already know about or a new piece of information.
It is important to ~ that each person reacts differently...
It should be ~ed that this loss of control can never be regained.
VERB: V that, it modal be V-ed that emphasis
6.
If you say that someone will be ~ed for something that they have done, you mean that people will think of this whenever they think about the person.
At his grammar school he is ~ed for being bad at games...
He will always be ~ed as one of the great Chancellors of the Exchequer.
VERB: usu passive, be V-ed for n/-ing, be V-ed as n
7.
If you ask someone to ~ you to a person who you have not seen for a long time, you are asking them to pass your greetings on to that person.
‘Remember me to Lyle, won’t you?’ I said...
VERB: no cont, usu imper, V n to n
8.
If you make a celebration an occasion to ~, you make it very enjoyable for all the people involved.
We’ll give everyone a night to ~...
VERB: only to-inf, V