remember
[ ri-mem-ber ]
/ rɪˈmɛm bər /
verb (used with object)
verb (used without object)
to possess or exercise the faculty of memory.
to have recollection (sometimes followed by of): The old man remembers of his youth.
Origin of remember
SYNONYMS FOR remember
1
Remember,
recall,
recollect refer to bringing back before the conscious mind things which exist in the memory.
Remember implies that a thing exists in the memory, though not actually present in the thoughts at the moment:
to remember the days of one's childhood.
Recall implies a voluntary effort, though not a great one:
to recall the words of a song.
Recollect implies an earnest voluntary effort to remember some definite, desired fact or thing:
I cannot recollect the exact circumstances.
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British Dictionary definitions for remembered
remember
/ (rɪˈmɛmbə) /
verb
Derived forms of remember
rememberer, nounWord Origin for remember
C14: from Old French
remembrer, from Late Latin
rememorārī to recall to mind, from Latin
re- +
memor mindful; see
memory
Medical definitions for remembered
remember
[ rĭ-mĕm′bər ]
v.
To recall to the mind; think of again.
To retain in the memory.
To return to an original shape or form after being deformed or altered.