remember
1. recall knowledge from memory;
have a recollection (Freq. 106)
- 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
• Syn:
retrieve, recall, call back, call up, recollect, think
• Ant:
forget
• See Also:
think back (for: think)
• Derivationally related forms:
thought (for: think), think (for: think), recollective (for: recollect), recollection (for: recollect), recall (for: recall), retrieval (for: retrieve), remembrance, remembering
• Hyponyms:
know, recognize, recognise, review, brush up, refresh
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
- Somebody ----s VERB-ing
- They won't remember the story
2. keep in mind for attention or consideration (Freq. 53)
- Remember the Alamo
- Remember to call your mother every day!
- Think of the starving children in India!
• Syn:
think of
• Ant:
forget
• Derivationally related forms:
remembrance
• Hyponyms:
mind, bear in mind, retain, keep note, qualify,
characterize, characterise
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
- They remember to move
3. recapture the past;
indulge in memories (Freq. 23)
- he remembered how he used to pick flowers
• Syn:
think back
• Derivationally related forms:
remembrance, remembering
• Hyponyms:
reminisce, review, look back, retrospect
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s
- Somebody ----s something
4. show appreciation to (Freq. 2)
- He remembered her in his will
• Derivationally related forms:
remembrance
• Hypernyms:
bequeath, will, leave
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s somebody
5. mention favorably, as in prayer
- remember me in your prayers
• Derivationally related forms:
remembrance
• Hypernyms:
mention, advert, bring up, cite, name, refer
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s somebody
6. mention as by way of greeting or to indicate friendship
- Remember me to your wife
• Syn:
commend
• Hypernyms:
mention, advert, bring up, cite, name, refer
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s somebody PP
7. call to remembrance;
keep alive the memory of someone or something, as in a ceremony
- We remembered the 50th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz
- Remember the dead of the First World War
• Syn:
commemorate
• Derivationally related forms:
remembrance, commemorative (for: commemorate), commemoration (for: commemorate)
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s somebody
8. exercise, or have the power of, memory
- After the shelling, many people lost the ability to remember
- some remember better than others
• Derivationally related forms:
remembrance, remembering
• Hypernyms:
associate, tie in, relate, link, colligate,
link up, connect
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s
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