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单词 remember
释义

remember

verb

re·​mem·​ber ri-ˈmem-bər How to pronounce remember (audio)
remembered; remembering ri-ˈmem-b(ə-)riŋ How to pronounce remember (audio)

transitive verb

1
: to bring to mind or think of again
remembers the old days
2
archaic
a
: bethink sense 1b
b
: remind
3
a
: to keep in mind for attention or consideration
remembers friends at Christmas
b
: reward
was remembered 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
rememberability
ri-ˌmem-b(ə-)rə-ˈbi-lə-tē How to pronounce remember (audio)
noun
rememberable
ri-ˈmem-b(ə-)rə-bəl How to pronounce remember (audio)
adjective
rememberer
ri-ˈmem-bər-ər How to pronounce remember (audio)
noun

Synonyms

  • flash back (to)
  • hark back (to)
  • harken back (to)
  • hearken back (to)
  • mind [chiefly dialect]
  • recall
  • recollect
  • reminisce (about)
  • reproduce
  • think (of)
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Example Sentences

I remember my first day of school like it was yesterday. Do you remember me? I used to work with you many years ago. Remember when we went hiking last summer? I remember telling him not to do it, but he did it anyway. I remember what that felt like. As far as I can remember, I've never been late to a meeting. I couldn't remember how to spell her name. I can't remember where I put that book. I remembered that I had left my wallet at home. What was it that I was going to ask him? I can't remember. See More
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Word History

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

First Known Use

14th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1

Kids Definition

remember

verb

re·​mem·​ber ri-ˈmem-bər How to pronounce remember (audio)
remembered; remembering
1
: to bring to mind or think of again
Do you remember my name?
2
: to keep in mind
Please remember your promise.
3
: to pass along greetings from
Remember us to your family.

remember

verb

as in to recall
to bring back to mind I remember very clearly the fun we had that long-ago summer, but I can't remember what I had for lunch yesterday

Synonyms & Similar Words

Relevance
  • recall
  • remind
  • mind
  • recollect
  • reproduce
  • recapture
  • think (of)
  • reminisce (about)
  • hearken back (to)
  • evoke
  • flash back (to)
  • harken back (to)
  • hark back (to)
  • recur
  • relive
  • represent
  • elicit
  • extract
  • educe
  • raise

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • forget
  • ignore
  • miss
  • disremember
  • disregard
  • unlearn
  • lose
  • overlook
  • neglect
  • misremember
  • blank (out)
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Synonym Chooser

Some common synonyms of remember are recall, recollect, remind, and reminisce. While all these words 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

The synonyms recall and remember are sometimes interchangeable, but recall suggests an effort to bring back to mind and often to re-create in speech.

can't recall the words of the song

The words recollect and remember can be used in similar contexts, but recollect implies a bringing back to mind what is lost or scattered.

as near as I can recollect

Although the words remind and remember have much in common, remind suggests a jogging of one's memory by an association or similarity.

that reminds me of a story

While in some cases nearly identical to remember, reminisce implies a casual often nostalgic recalling of experiences long past and gone.

old college friends like to reminisce
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