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re·mem·ber

(rĭ-mĕm′bər)

v. re·mem·bered, re·mem·ber·ing, re·mem·bers

v.tr.

a. To recall to the mind with effort; think of again: I finally remembered the address.

b. To have (something) arise in one's memory; become aware of (something) suddenly or spontaneously: Then I remembered that today is your birthday.

2. To retain in the memory: Remember your appointment.

3. To keep (someone) in mind as worthy of consideration or recognition.

4. To reward with a gift or tip: remembered his niece in his will.

5. To give greetings from: Remember me to your family.

6. Engineering To return to (an original shape or form) after being deformed or altered. Used especially of certain materials.

7. Archaic To remind.

v.intr.

1. To have or use the power of memory.

2. To recall something; have a recollection.

[Middle English remembren, from Old French remembrer, from Latin rememorārī, to remember again : re-, re- + memor, mindful; see (s)mer- in Indo-European roots.]

re·mem′ber·a·bil′i·ty n.

re·mem′ber·a·ble adj.

re·mem′ber·er n.

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remember

(rɪˈmɛmbə)

1. to become aware of (something forgotten) again; bring back to one's consciousness; recall

2. to retain (an idea, intention, etc) in one's conscious mind: to remember Pythagoras' theorem; remember to do one's shopping.

3. (tr) to give money, etc, to (someone), as in a will or in tipping

4. (foll by: to) to mention (a person's name) to another person, as by way of greeting or friendship: remember me to your mother.

5. (tr) to mention (a person) favourably, as in prayer

6. (tr) to commemorate (a person, event, etc): to remember the dead of the wars.

7. remember oneself to recover one's good manners after a lapse; stop behaving badly

[C14: from Old French remembrer, from Late Latin rememorārī to recall to mind, from Latin re- + memor mindful; see memory]

reˈmemberer n

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re•mem•ber

(rɪˈmɛm bər)

v.t.

1. to recall to the mind; think of again.

2. to retain in the mind; remain aware of.

3. to have (something) come into the mind again: I just remembered our date.

4. to bear (a person) in mind as deserving a gift, reward, or fee: The company always remembers us at Christmas.

5. to give a tip, donation, or gift to.

6. to mention (a person) to another as sending kindly greetings: Remember me to your family.

7. (of an appliance, computer, etc.) to store or follow (programmed instructions).

8. Archaic. to remind.

v.i.

9. to possess or exercise the faculty of memory.

[1300–50; < Old French remembrer < Late Latin rememorārī < Latin re- re- + -memorārī, v. derivative of memor mindful (see memory)]

remember

moment - To have a moment is to suddenly forget where you are and what's going on; it is also called a bristlecone or a senior moment.
absence of mind - The failure to remember what one is doing.
brain cloud - The temporary inability to think properly, or to remember something.
souvenir - Literally French for "remember," from Latin subvenire, "occur to the mind."

remember

– remind

1. 'remember'

If you remember people or events from the past, your mind still has an impression of them and you are able to think about them.

I remember the look on Gary's face as he walked out the door.

He remembered the man well.

You can use either an -ing form or a to-infinitive after remember, but with different meanings. If your mind has an impression of something you did in the past, you say that you remember doing it.

I remember asking one of my sons about this.

If you do something that you had intended to do, you can say that you remember to do it.

He remembered to turn the gas off.

2. 'remind'

If you mention to someone that they had intended to do something, don't say that you 'remember' them to do it. Say that you remind them to do it.

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remember

Past participle: remembered
Gerund: remembering

Imperative
remember
remember

Present
I remember
you remember
he/she/it remembers
we remember
you remember
they remember

Preterite
I remembered
you remembered
he/she/it remembered
we remembered
you remembered
they remembered

Present Continuous
I am remembering
you are remembering
he/she/it is remembering
we are remembering
you are remembering
they are remembering

Present Perfect
I have remembered
you have remembered
he/she/it has remembered
we have remembered
you have remembered
they have remembered

Past Continuous
I was remembering
you were remembering
he/she/it was remembering
we were remembering
you were remembering
they were remembering

Past Perfect
I had remembered
you had remembered
he/she/it had remembered
we had remembered
you had remembered
they had remembered

Future
I will remember
you will remember
he/she/it will remember
we will remember
you will remember
they will remember

Future Perfect
I will have remembered
you will have remembered
he/she/it will have remembered
we will have remembered
you will have remembered
they will have remembered

Future Continuous
I will be remembering
you will be remembering
he/she/it will be remembering
we will be remembering
you will be remembering
they will be remembering

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been remembering
you have been remembering
he/she/it has been remembering
we have been remembering
you have been remembering
they have been remembering

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been remembering
you will have been remembering
he/she/it will have been remembering
we will have been remembering
you will have been remembering
they will have been remembering

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been remembering
you had been remembering
he/she/it had been remembering
we had been remembering
you had been remembering
they had been remembering

Conditional
I would remember
you would remember
he/she/it would remember
we would remember
you would remember
they would remember

Past Conditional
I would have remembered
you would have remembered
he/she/it would have remembered
we would have remembered
you would have remembered
they would have remembered

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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Verb	1.	remember - recall knowledge from memory; have a recollection; "I can't remember saying any such thing"; "I can't think what her last name was"; "can you remember her phone number?"; "Do you remember that he once loved you?"; "call up memories" recall, recollect, call back, call up, retrieve, think know - perceive as familiar; "I know this voice!" recognize, recognise - perceive to be the same brush up, refresh, review - refresh one's memory; "I reviewed the material before the test" blank out, draw a blank, forget, block - be unable to remember; "I'm drawing a blank"; "You are blocking the name of your first wife!"
	2.	remember - keep in mind for attention or consideration; "Remember the Alamo"; "Remember to call your mother every day!"; "Think of the starving children in India!" think of bear in mind, mind - keep in mind retain - keep in one's mind; "I cannot retain so much information" keep note - maintain in the forefront of one's awareness; "He kept note of the location of the soldiers" characterize, characterise, qualify - describe or portray the character or the qualities or peculiarities of; "You can characterize his behavior as that of an egotist"; "This poem can be characterized as a lament for a dead lover" forget, bury - dismiss from the mind; stop remembering; "I tried to bury these unpleasant memories"
	3.	remember - recapture the past; indulge in memories; "he remembered how he used to pick flowers" think back reminisce - recall the past; "The grandparents sat there, reminiscing all afternoon" retrospect, look back, review - look back upon (a period of time, sequence of events); remember; "she reviewed her achievements with pride"
	4.	remember - show appreciation to; "He remembered her in his will" bequeath, will, leave - leave or give by will after one's death; "My aunt bequeathed me all her jewelry"; "My grandfather left me his entire estate"
	5.	remember - mention favorably, as in prayer; "remember me in your prayers" cite, mention, refer, advert, name, bring up - make reference to; "His name was mentioned in connection with the invention"
	6.	remember - mention as by way of greeting or to indicate friendship; "Remember me to your wife" commend cite, mention, refer, advert, name, bring up - make reference to; "His name was mentioned in connection with the invention"
	7.	remember - exercise, or have the power of, memory; "After the shelling, many people lost the ability to remember"; "some remember better than others" associate, colligate, link, relate, tie in, connect, link up - make a logical or causal connection; "I cannot connect these two pieces of evidence in my mind"; "colligate these facts"; "I cannot relate these events at all"
	8.	remember - 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" commemorate

remember

verb

1. recall, think back to, recollect, reminisce about, retain, recognize, call up, look back on, hark back to, summon up, call to mind, cast your mind back to He was remembering the old days.
recall forget, ignore, overlook, neglect, disregard

2. don't forget, be sure, be certain, make sure that you, mind that you Remember to take the present.

3. bear in mind, not forget, keep in mind, take into account the fact, not lose sight of the fact, take into consideration the fact, be mindful of the fact Remember that each person reacts differently.

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remember

verb

1. To renew an image or thought in the mind:

2. To care enough to keep (someone) in mind:

Translations

يَتَذَكَّريَتَذَكِّرُيَذْكُر ، يوصِل تَحِيّاتيُكافِئ

pamatovatpamatovat sipozdravovatvzpomenout si

huskehilse

memori

muistaa

sjećati sezapamtiti

emlékszikmegemlékezik

bera kveîju fráminnastmuna , minnast

思い出す確認する覚える記憶するよろしく伝える

기억하다

duoti arbatpinigiųduoti dovanųneužmirštiperduoti linkėjimus

atalgotatcerētiesdāvinātnodot sveicienus, pasveicinātpaturēt prātā

aminti

pamätať si

spomniti se

komma ihågmemoreraminnas

จำ

hatırlamaködüllendirmekselâm söylemek / göndermekunutmamak

nhớ

remember

[rɪˈmembəʳ]

B. VI

2. (= not forget) → acordarse
I asked you to get some stamps, did you remember? → te pedí que compraras sellos, ¿te acordaste?
I'll try to remember → intentaré acordarme, intentaré no olvidarme or que no se me olvide

REMEMBER

"acordarse de" or "recordar"?

• Both acordarse de and recordar can be used to translate to remember (used transitively), provided the object of remember is not another verb. Recordar is becoming less common, however, in everyday informal contexts:

Do you remember where he lives? ¿Te acuerdas de dónde vive?, ¿Recuerdas dónde vive?

• Use acordarse de + ((INFINITIVE)) to translate to remember to + ((VERB)):

Did you remember to close the door? ¿Te acordaste de cerrar la puerta?

! Don't use recordar for remembering to do sth.

• Use recordar + ((PERFECT INFINITIVE/CLAUSE)) or acordarse de + ((CLAUSE)) to translate to remember + ((-ING)):

I remember closing the door Recuerdo haber cerrado or Recuerdo que cerré or Me acuerdo de que cerré la puerta

NOTE Recordar also translates remind:

I must remind Richard to pay the rent Tengo que recordarle a Richard que pague el alquiler

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remember

(= recall) → sich erinnern an (+acc); (= bear in mind) → denken an (+acc); (= learn) formula, facts, vocabulary → sich (dat) → merken; I remember that he was very tall → ich erinnere mich (daran), dass er sehr groß war; I remember her as a beautiful girl → ich habe sie als schönes Mädchen in Erinnerung; I remember her as a young girl or when she was young → ich erinnere mich noch, wie sie als kleines Mädchen war; we must remember that he’s only a child → wir sollten bedenken or daran denken, dass er noch ein Kind ist; to remember to do something → daran denken, etw zu tun; I remember doing it → ich erinnere mich daran, dass ich es getan habe; I can’t remember the word at the moment → das Wort fällt mir im Moment nicht ein; I’ve just remembered his name → mir ist gerade sein Name wieder eingefallen; don’t you remember me? → erinnern Sie sich nicht an mich?; here’s something to remember me by → da hast du etwas, das dich (immer) an mich erinnern wird; do you remember when …? (reminiscing) → weißt du noch, als …?; (asking facts) → weißt du (noch), wann …?; I don’t remember a thing about it → ich kann mich überhaupt nicht daran erinnern; (about lecture, book) → ich weiß nichts mehr davon; I can never remember phone numbers → ich kann mir Telefonnummern einfach nicht merken; we can’t always remember everything → wir können nicht immer an alles denken; remember where/who you are! → denken Sie daran or bedenken Sie, wo/wer Sie sind!; to remember somebody in one’s prayers → jdn in sein Gebet einschließen; to remember somebody in one’s will → jdn in seinem Testament bedenken; a night to remember → ein unvergesslicher Abend; an occasion to remember → ein denkwürdiger Anlass; to get oneself remembered → sich in Erinnerung bringen; remember my password (Comput: command) → Kennwort speichern

(= commemorate) the fallen, a battle → gedenken (+gen)

(Brit: = give good wishes to) remember me to your mother → grüßen Sie Ihre Mutter von mir; he asks to be remembered to you → er lässt Sie grüßen

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remember

(riˈmembə) verb

1. to keep in the mind, or to bring back into the mind after forgetting for a time. I remember you – we met three years ago; I remember watching the first men landing on the moon; Remember to telephone me tonight; I don't remember where I hid it.

2. to reward or make a present to. He remembered her in his will.

3. to pass (a person's) good wishes (to someone). Remember me to your parents.

reˈmembrance noun

the act of remembering or reminding. a statue erected in remembrance of the dead.

remember

→ يَتَذَكِّرُ pamatovat si huske erinnern (sich) θυμάμαι recordar muistaa se souvenir zapamtiti ricordare 思い出す 기억하다 herinneren (zich) huske zapamiętać lembrar помнить komma ihåg จำ hatırlamak nhớ 记得

remember

v. recordar, acordarse;

___correctly! → ¡Acuérdese, acuérdate bien!;

Don't you ___ ? → ¿No se acuerda?, ¿No te acuerdas?

remember

vt recordar, acordarse (de); Remember these three objects..Recuerde estos tres objetos…I remember her..Me acuerdo de ella…I remember you..Lo recuerdo a Ud…Me acuerdo de ti.