REMEMBRANCE


Meaning of REMEMBRANCE in English

n.1 the act of remembering or process of being remembered.

2 a memory or recollection.

3 a keepsake or souvenir.

4 (in pl.) greetings conveyed through a third person.

Phrases and idioms:

Remembrance Day

1. Remembrance Sunday.

2 hist. Armistice Day. Remembrance Sunday (in the UK) the Sunday nearest 11 Nov., when those who were killed in the wars of 1914-18 and 1939-45 are commemorated.

Etymology: ME f. OF (as REMEMBER)

Oxford English vocab.      Оксфордский английский словарь.