to cause (a person) to remember; cause (a person) to think (of someone or something): Remind me to phone him tomorrow. That woman reminds me of my mother.
Origin of remind
First recorded in 1635–45; re- + mind
OTHER WORDS FROM remind
re·re·mind,verb (used with object)un·re·mind·ed,adjective
It reminded me a bit of an alternative take on The Wolf of Wall Street—through the Toni and Candace lens.
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And Beyoncé reminded us, again and again, that she is still absolutely perfect.
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I am reminded of the story of Senator Bernie Sanders (Independent, VT) walking along the shores of Lake Champlain.
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Her relationship with him had failed, Alison told Cole, because he reminded her of their dead son.
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But he also reminded the younger members of the crowd of the civil rights movement of the last century.
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He also reminded them of the great Fisher Ames, who had lived on that very spot, and was the friend of the immortal Washington.
Leaves for a Christmas Bough|Unknown
They reminded them perpetually of "the casting of the soul into hell and hell-torments."
The History of Antiquity, Volume IV (of 6)|Max Duncker
There was something in the hard independent tribesmen that reminded him of the Ulster Scot.
The Wind Bloweth|Brian Oswald Donn-Byrne
But, so novel was the situation, the farmer had constantly to be reminded of his authority.
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Some conical-shaped red rocks, standing out solitary in the ocean, reminded me of those in "Anstey's Cove," at Torquay.
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British Dictionary definitions for remind
remind
/ (rɪˈmaɪnd) /
verb
(tr usually foll by of; may take a clause as object or an infinitive) to cause (a person) to remember (something or to do something); make (someone) aware (of something he may have forgotten)remind me to phone home; flowers remind me of holidays