English verb: remember | |||
1. | remember (cognition) recall knowledge from memory; have a recollection | ||
Samples | 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. | ||
Examples | They won't remember the story | ||
Synonyms | call back, call up, recall, recollect, retrieve, think | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s that CLAUSE. Somebody ----s VERB-ing | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | brush up, know, recognise, recognize, refresh, review | ||
Antonyms | blank out, draw a blank, forget, block | ||
2. | remember (cognition) keep in mind for attention or consideration | ||
Samples | Remember the Alamo. Remember to call your mother every day!. Think of the starving children in India!. | ||
Examples | They remember to move | ||
Synonyms | think of | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s that CLAUSE | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | bear in mind, characterise, characterize, keep note, mind, qualify, retain | ||
Antonyms | forget, bury | ||
3. | remember (cognition) recapture the past; indulge in memories | ||
Samples | He remembered how he used to pick flowers. | ||
Synonyms | think back | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s. Somebody ----s something | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | look back, reminisce, retrospect, review | ||
4. | remember (possession) show appreciation to | ||
Samples | He remembered her in his will. | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s somebody | ||
Broader (hypernym) | bequeath, leave, will | ||
5. | remember (communication) mention favorably, as in prayer | ||
Samples | Remember me in your prayers. | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s somebody | ||
Broader (hypernym) | advert, bring up, cite, mention, name, refer | ||
6. | remember (communication) mention as by way of greeting or to indicate friendship | ||
Samples | Remember me to your wife. | ||
Synonyms | commend | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s somebody PP | ||
Broader (hypernym) | advert, bring up, cite, mention, name, refer | ||
7. | remember (cognition) exercise, or have the power of, memory | ||
Samples | After the shelling, many people lost the ability to remember. Some remember better than others. | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s | ||
Broader (hypernym) | associate, colligate, connect, link, link up, relate, tie in | ||
8. | remember (cognition) call to remembrance; keep alive the memory of someone or something, as in a ceremony | ||
Samples | We remembered the 50th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz. Remember the dead of the First World War. | ||
Synonyms | commemorate | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s somebody | ||