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remember

Syllabification: (re·mem·ber)
Pronunciation: /riˈmembər/

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Definition of remember

verb

[with object]
  • have in or be able to bring to one’s mind an awareness of (someone or something that one has seen, known, or experienced in the past):I remember the screech of the horn as the car came toward me no one remembered his name
  • [with infinitive] do something that one has undertaken to do or that is necessary or advisable:did you remember to mail the letters?
  • [with clause] used to emphasize the importance of what is asserted:you must remember that this is a secret
  • bear (someone) in mind by making them a gift or making provision for them:he has remembered the boy in a codicil to his will
  • (remember someone to) convey greetings from one person to (another):remember me to Charlie
  • pray for the success or well-being of:the congress should be remembered in our prayers
  • (remember oneself) recover one’s manners after a lapse.

Derivatives

rememberer

noun

Origin:

Middle English: from Old French remembrer, from late Latin rememorari 'call to mind', from re- (expressing intensive force) + Latin memor 'mindful'

Spell remember with -em- then another -em-.

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