REMEMBER


Meaning of REMEMBER in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ri-ˈmem-bər ]

verb

( -bered ; re·mem·ber·ing -b(ə-)riŋ)

Etymology: Middle English remembren, from Anglo-French remembrer, from Late Latin rememorari, from Latin re- + Late Latin memorari to be mindful of, from Latin memor mindful — more at memory

Date: 14th century

transitive verb

1. : to bring to mind or think of again

remember s the old days

2. archaic

a. : bethink 1b

b. : remind

3.

a. : to keep in mind for attention or consideration

remember s friends at Christmas

b. : reward

was remember ed in the will

4. : to retain in the memory

remember the facts until the test is over

5. : to convey greetings from

remember me to her

6. : record , commemorate

intransitive verb

1. : to exercise or have the power of memory

2. : to have a recollection or remembrance

• re·mem·ber·abil·i·ty -ˌmem-b(ə-)rə-ˈbi-lə-tē noun

• re·mem·ber·able -ˈmem-b(ə-)rə-bəl adjective

• re·mem·ber·er -bər-ər noun

Synonyms:

remember , recollect , recall , remind , reminisce mean to bring an image or idea from the past into the mind. remember implies a keeping in memory that may be effortless or unwilled

remembers that day as though it were yesterday

recollect implies a bringing back to mind what is lost or scattered

as near as I can recollect

recall suggests an effort to bring back to mind and often to re-create in speech

can't recall the words of the song

remind suggests a jogging of one's memory by an association or similarity

that reminds me of a story

reminisce implies a casual often nostalgic recalling of experiences long past and gone

old college friends like to reminisce

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.