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English verb: remember

1. remember (cognition) recall knowledge from memory; have a recollection


SamplesI 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.


ExamplesThey won't remember the story


Synonymscall back, call up, recall, recollect, retrieve, think


Pattern of useSomebody ----s something.
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE.
Somebody ----s VERB-ing


Narrower (hyponym)brush up, know, recognise, recognize, refresh, review


Antonymsblank out, draw a blank, forget, block

2. remember (cognition) keep in mind for attention or consideration


SamplesRemember the Alamo.
Remember to call your mother every day!.
Think of the starving children in India!.


ExamplesThey remember to move


Synonymsthink of


Pattern of useSomebody ----s something.
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE


Narrower (hyponym)bear in mind, characterise, characterize, keep note, mind, qualify, retain


Antonymsforget, bury

3. remember (cognition) recapture the past; indulge in memories


SamplesHe remembered how he used to pick flowers.


Synonymsthink back


Pattern of useSomebody ----s.
Somebody ----s something


Narrower (hyponym)look back, reminisce, retrospect, review

4. remember (possession) show appreciation to


SamplesHe remembered her in his will.


Pattern of useSomebody ----s somebody


Broader (hypernym)bequeath, leave, will

5. remember (communication) mention favorably, as in prayer


SamplesRemember me in your prayers.


Pattern of useSomebody ----s somebody


Broader (hypernym)advert, bring up, cite, mention, name, refer

6. remember (communication) mention as by way of greeting or to indicate friendship


SamplesRemember me to your wife.


Synonymscommend


Pattern of useSomebody ----s somebody PP


Broader (hypernym)advert, bring up, cite, mention, name, refer

7. remember (cognition) exercise, or have the power of, memory


SamplesAfter the shelling, many people lost the ability to remember.
Some remember better than others.


Pattern of useSomebody ----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


SamplesWe remembered the 50th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz.
Remember the dead of the First World War.


Synonymscommemorate


Pattern of useSomebody ----s something.
Somebody ----s somebody









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