remember — ozdic

Collocations

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1

(verb.)

ADV

clearly, distinctly, vividly, well

I can still vividly remember the day we first met at that coffee shop downtown.

dimly, vaguely

correctly, rightly

If I remember rightly, Sarah said she would arrive before lunch yesterday.

fondly

He fondly remembers the summers he spent at his grandmother's house as a child.

still

always

She always remembers to pick up milk on her way home from work.

suddenly

belatedly

I belatedly remembered to bring my passport at the airport.

VERB + REMEMBER

can/could

She could remember every detail of that day even though it happened years ago.

try to | be important to

PREP

as

I remember my grandmother as a kind woman who always baked cookies on Sundays.

for

He will always be remembered for his kindness and generosity toward everyone he met.

Definitions

verb

1

To recall from one's memory; to have an image in one's memory.

In the lightness of my heart I sang catches of songs as my horse gayly bore me along the well-remembered road.

[…] I remember a lady coming to inspect St. Mary's Home where I was brought up and seeing us all in our lovely Elizabethan uniforms we were so proud of, and bursting into tears all over us because “it was wicked to dress us like charity children”.

2

To memorize; to put something into memory.

Please remember this formula!

3

To keep in mind; to be mindful of.

Remember what I've said.

4

To not forget (to do something required)

Remember to lock the door when you go out.

5

To convey greetings from.

Please remember me to your brother.

She asks to be remembered to you all.

verb

1

Alternative form of re-member.

knit 'this scattered corn into one mutual sheaf, / these broken limbs again into one body' - in other words, how to resurrect the dismembered god, to remember Osiris. Yet the only body made whole in these expert, lowering poems is the body of this death.

According to these mysteries, the rites of fashioning or remembering Osiris came to be interpreted as remembering Egypt. Egypt was the body of Osiris, dismembered and scattered across the land.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

verb — recall knowledge from memory

verb — call to remembrance

commemorate

verb — mention as by way of greeting or to indicate friendship

commend

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

when you're up to your neck in alligators, it's hard to remember that your initial objective was to drain the swamp

It is easy to lose sight of one's initial objective, becoming caught up in subtasks or in tasks only tangentially related to the original goal.

For quotations using this term, see Citations:when you're up to your neck in alligators, it's hard to remember that your initial objective was to drain the swamp.

Example Bank

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In the lightness of my heart I sang catches of songs as my horse gayly bore me along the well-remembered road.

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02

[…] I remember a lady coming to inspect St. Mary's Home where I was brought up and seeing us all in our lovely Elizabethan uniforms we were so proud of, and bursting into tears all over us because “it

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03

A man's vision reflects his memories. As I looked out on the nation from the President's Oval Office, my reflections included images burned deep in my mind for over a half a century. I remembered my f

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knit 'this scattered corn into one mutual sheaf, / these broken limbs again into one body' - in other words, how to resurrect the dismembered god, to remember Osiris. Yet the only body made whole in t

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According to these mysteries, the rites of fashioning or remembering Osiris came to be interpreted as remembering Egypt. Egypt was the body of Osiris, dismembered and scattered across the land.

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06

She remembered Osiris by putting his pieces back together and mating with him one last time, conceiving Horus, who eventually avenged his father's death.

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Usage Notes

i Register

In some senses, remember is marked as rare. Watch for register when choosing this word.