remindernoun
uk/rɪˈmaɪn.dər/us/rɪˈmaɪn.dɚ/C1 [ C ] a written or spoken message that reminds someone to do something:
If he forgot to pay his rent, his landlady would send him a reminder.
[ + to infinitive ] Mum sent me off with a final reminder to be back before 11 p.m.
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- Ordinarily, we send a reminder about a month before payment is required.
- Eventually they paid up, but only after receiving several reminders.
- Send him a reminder, would you, that payment is due?
- I finally paid the bill after two reminders.
- I wrote him a reminder that the report was due in next week.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Remembering, reminding and reminders
- a blast from the past idiom
- aide-mémoire
- be engraved on sb's memory/mind idiom
- be etched on/in sb's memory idiom
- be your epitaph idiom
- clock
- echo
- imprint
- indelible
- jog sb's memory idiom
- keepsake
- let's see idiom
- pat
- recall
- ring a bell idiom
- souvenir
- stamped on sb's memory idiom
- stick in sb's mind/head/memory idiom
- store
- take sb back
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a reminder of sb/sth
More examples
- The monument stands as a chilling reminder of man's inhumanity to man.
- The accident is a grim reminder of the potential dangers involved in North Sea oil production.
- Your letter came as a timely reminder that we need to arrange a meeting.
- The temple ruins are a distant reminder of a vanished empire.
- The collapse of the bank is an ominous reminder of the fragility of the world's banking system.
C1 a person or thing that makes you remember a particular person, event, or situation:
[ + question word ] Patricia's story is a reminder of how vulnerable women can be in what is still essentially a man's world.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Remembering, reminding and reminders
- a blast from the past idiom
- aide-mémoire
- be engraved on sb's memory/mind idiom
- be etched on/in sb's memory idiom
- be your epitaph idiom
- clock
- echo
- imprint
- indelible
- jog sb's memory idiom
- keepsake
- let's see idiom
- pat
- recall
- ring a bell idiom
- souvenir
- stamped on sb's memory idiom
- stick in sb's mind/head/memory idiom
- store
- take sb back
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