remember
(verb)
verb
1. recall knowledge from memory; have a recollection
- I can't remember saying any such thing
- can you remember her phone number?
- Do you remember that he once loved you?
Similar word(s): recall, recollect, retrieve, think
Definition categories: cognition
2. keep in mind for attention or consideration
- Remember the Alamo
- Remember to call your mother every day!
Definition categories: cognition
3. recapture the past; indulge in memories
- he remembered how he used to pick flowers
Definition categories: cognition
4. show appreciation to
- He remembered her in his will
Definition categories: possession, bequeath, leave, will
5. mention favorably, as in prayer
- remember me in your prayers
Definition categories: communication, advert, cite, mention, name, refer
6. mention as by way of greeting or to indicate friendship
- Remember me to your wife
Similar word(s): commend
Definition categories: communication, advert, cite, mention, name, refer
7. exercise, or have the power of, memory
- After the shelling, many people lost the ability to remember
- some remember better than others
Definition categories: cognition, associate, colligate, connect, link, relate
8. call to remembrance; keep alive the memory of someone or something, as in a ceremony
- We remembered the 50th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz
- Remember the dead of the First World War
Similar word(s): commemorate
Definition categories: cognition
Sentences with remember as a verb:
- Please remember this formula!
- Remember what I've said.
- Remember to lock the door when you go out.
- Please remember me to your brother.
- You don't have to remind him; he remembers very well.