Remember (John Lennon song)
WordNet
verb
(1) Recall knowledge from memory; have a recollection
"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"
(2) Keep in mind for attention or consideration
"Remember the Alamo"
"Remember to call your mother every day!"
"Think of the starving children in India!"
(3) Recapture the past; indulge in memories
"He remembered how he used to pick flowers"
(4) 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"
(5) Exercise, or have the power of, memory
"After the shelling, many people lost the ability to remember"
"Some remember better than others"
(6) Mention as by way of greeting or to indicate friendship
"Remember me to your wife"
(7) Mention favourably, as in prayer
"Remember me in your prayers"
(8) Show appreciation to
"He remembered her in his will"
WiktionaryText
Etymology
remembren from remembrer from rememorari "to remember again" from re- + memor "mindful" from . The success of the word, however, was aided by its proximity in sound and meaning to an existing word: , "to remember, commemorate" from "mindful" from . Akin to mīmerje "to ponder, reflect", mīmeren, mīmern "to ponder, meditate", mīmeren "to reflect, think to oneself" ( mijmeren "to muse, reflect deeply"), Mímir, Mim, Norse god of Memory and Wisdom, māmrian "to think out, design". Displaced native 'ȝemuneȝen "to remember" (from ġemynegian "to remember, remind"), minnen "to remember, have in mind" (from minna "to remind"), munden, ȝemunden "to bear in mind, remember" (from ġemynd "memory, remembrance"), ȝethenchen, ithenchen "to think on, remember" (from ġeþencan), manien "to remind, mention, remember" (from manian "to admonish, remind, mention").
Verb
- To recall from one's memory; to have an image in one's memory.
- I remember the formula.
- I remember locking the door.
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- To memorize; to put something into memory.
- Please remember this formula!
- To not forget (to do something required)
- Remember to lock the door when you go out.
- To convey greetings.
- Please remember me to your brother.
- To put in mind; to remind (also used reflexively)
- Dante Gabriel Rossetti, Secret Parting, lines 5-7
- But soon, remembering her how brief the whole
- Of joy, which its own hours annihilate,
- Her set gaze gathered
- Dante Gabriel Rossetti, Secret Parting, lines 5-7
- To engage in the process of recalling memories.
- You don't have to remind him, he remembers very well.
Usage notes
- In sense 1 this is a catenative verb that takes the gerund (-ing).
- In sense 3 this is a catenative verb that takes the to infinitive.
- See Appendix:English catenative verbs
- To memorize; to put something into memory.