remember

From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishrememberre‧mem‧ber /rɪˈmembə $-ər/ ●●●S1W1 verb 1the past [intransitive, transitive]REMEMBER to have apicture oridea in yourmind of people,events, places etc from thepast →forget Do you remember Rosa Davies? Ican’t remember her exact words.remember (that) I remember you two couldn’t stand each other at first!remember (somebody) doing something I remember meeting her at a party once. I remember my father bringing home a huge Christmas tree. Iremember itwell; I’d never seen my mother so angry. Sheclearly remembers the excitement as they boarded the train. Ivaguely remember reading something about it in the paper. They had three children,if I remember rightly. They’ve lived herefor as long as I can remember. No one got drunkas far as I can remember.GrammarUsing the progressive•The verbremember is not usually used in the progressive in this meaning. You say:Yes, I remember him.✗Don’t say: Yes, I am remembering him.•You often say someonecan remember something when describing what they remember:Yes, I can remember him.Patterns with remember•Do not use ‘remember about’ in this meaning. You say:Do you remember that day?✗Don’t say: Do you remember about that day?2information/facts [intransitive, transitive]REMEMBER tobring information orfacts that you know into your mind →forget You left your keys on the table, remember? I can’t remember her phone number.remember (that) I suddenly remembered that I’d left the stove on.remember what/how/why etc I called the office, but I don’t remember who I spoke to.3to do/get something [intransitive, transitive]REMEMBER to notforget something that you must do, get, or bring I hope he remembers the wine.remember to do something Remember to take your P.E. clothes to school.4keep something in mindREMEMBER [transitive] to keep a particular fact about asituation in your mind Remember, processed food is usually full of salt and sugar.remember that Remember that not everyone has as much money as you.it should/must be remembered (that) It should be remembered that a lot of work went into this event.5honour the deadREMEMBER [transitive] to think withrespect about someone who hasdied, often in aceremony On this day we remember the dead of two world wars.6 →be remembered for/as something7give somebody a present [transitive]GIVE to give someone apresent on a particularoccasion Lilian always remembers me at Christmas.remember somebody in your will (=arrange for someone to have something of yours after you die)8 →remember me to somebodyCOLLOCATIONSadverbsremember well (=thoroughly and completely)I remember so well my first day there.remember clearly/vividly/distinctly (=well, with a lot of detail)I remember clearly how I used to feel as a child in church on Sundays.remember vaguely/dimly (=not well)He could vaguely remember his mother’s face.remember fondly (=in a way that shows you liked someone or something a lot)The restaurant is fondly remembered by many.remember rightly/correctlyYou were still at school, if I remember rightly.hardly/barely remember (=almost not at all)I can hardly remember him.THESAURUSremember toform an idea in your mind of people, events, places etc from the pastI remember Janine – she lived in that house on the corner.I can’t remember how the film ends.He remembered meeting her at a party once.recall toremember a particular fact, event, or situation, especially in order to tell someone about itCan you recall where your husband was that night?She recalled that he had seemed a strange, lonely man.recollect formal to remember an event or situationHarry smiled as he recollected the scene.She tried to recollect what had happened next in her dream.memorize tolearn facts, a piece of writing ormusic etc, so that you can remember them laterHe’s trying to memorize his speech.Don’t write down your PIN number, memorize it.think back/look back to think about something that happened in the pastI thought back to when I was his age.Looking back, I should have been more patient with her.We need to stop looking back and start thinking about the future.reminisce /ˌreməˈnɪs/ totalk aboutpleasant events, people,experiences etc from the past, because you want to remember them orenjoy talking about themThey were reminiscing about old times.I used to spend hours listening to my grandfather reminisce.bear something in mind to remember somethingimportant when you are doing something, because it couldaffect what you doBear in mind that this is the first time he’s done this.something is on the tip of your tongue used to say that you know aword or aname but that you havedifficulty remembering it at thisexact momentHis name’s on the tip of my tongue. I’ll think of it in a minute.remind somebody of something to make you think of anotherperson, thing, or time, because they aresimilarIt reminds me of the time when I first started teaching.The taste reminded him of school dinners.→ SeeVerb tableExamples from the Corpusremember•Sometimes I havetrouble remembering her name.•Istole achicken once, Iremember.•We mustremember also, however, that there is avast amount of other information which hasequal and greaterimportance.•Oldercitizensremembereating soybeans during theDepression.•I don'tremember him being that good atathletics in school.•Thepain was such that in heranger she could notremember how much, or even if, she hadloved Edmund.•I can'tremember how thefilm ends.•Heremembers Leonard coming home late atnight,covered inblood.•I dorememberlocating Warner in thebedroom of hishotel forconfirmation.•Aunt Sara alwaysremembers me at Christmas.•Herememberedmeeting her at aparty once.•Ohyes, Iremember now. We met him at the lastconference, didn't we?•Heremembered that he had felt just the same way when he first started working.•Do youremember thatkid Anthony fromart class?•Iremember thatterrible earthquake they had.•Do you think Kimremembers that we'resupposed to be there at 8?•Did youremember thebread?•Bud, do youremember the exactdate of theirwedding?•Remember, theexaminer willexpect you todemonstrate aknowledge ofmotorway driving too.•OnMemorial Day, Americansremember theirwar dead.•Ihope Deanremembers tobuy somestamps.•Did youremember tolock the backdoor?•Can youremember what the man looked like?•And,worst of all, you don'tremember who you are.•Did youremember yourdictionary?•Do youremember your first day at school?remember ... well•And other peopleremembered him well.•Everything became verydistinct, in a way Iremembered all too well.•He couldremember the hall well.•Some one has to take the Ariadne home again, remember?•Forsolo drivers:Research shows if you silentlyrepeat information just learned, youremember it better thanvisualizing it.•Iremember well thereading groups from mychildhood; there was aBluebirds reading group and aBuzzards reading group.•Theyremembered only too well what had happened many years ago to anothervillage girl.remember (that)•It isworth remembering that there are still people in Britaintoday who have never been toLondon.•I evenremember thatDodge you drove around.•Gillon, theLady Dons'best player,remembers thatgame withslight reservation.•It is auseful illustration as long as weremember that no illustration is exact.•And I, for one will alwaysremember thatretreat.•I wouldremember that shespent the daypreparing, makingsure that everything wasperfect.•You would do well toremember that you yourself are little more than a child.•He waswearing undershorts, heremembered that.remember to do something•And it's worth remembering tocarry the nuts in asoft cloth bag and not arustling plastic one.•Makesketches of thelarva orpupa, remembering to write the date in eachdrawing.•Alwaysremember todrain offexcess fuel first.•Pleaseremember toinclude areturn, orsenders address on theparcel.•To make sure it turns out just right every time,remember to keep the waterbubbling.•Job seekers also shouldremember to look at more than thedollar figure.•This time we haveremembered to put ourcontact numbers below.•It's oftenhard toremember to takevitamin pills.•Theypacked aprotest meeting, which mostremember to this day.remember that•He was wearing undershorts, heremembered that.•It is worth remembering that there are still people in Britain today who have never been to London.•I evenremember that Dodge you drove around.•Gillon, the Lady Dons' best player,remembers that game with slight reservation.•It is a useful illustration as long as weremember that no illustration is exact.•And I, for one will alwaysremember that retreat.•I wouldremember that she spent the day preparing, making sure that everything was perfect.•You would do well toremember that you yourself are little more than a child.remember somebody in your will•Menmaintained some contact with their place oforigin and mightremember it in their wills.Originremember(1300-1400)Old Frenchremembrer, fromLate Latinrememorari, fromLatinmemor; → MEMORY

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remember

Simple Form
Present
I, you, we, they	remember
he, she, it	remembers
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Past
I, you, he, she, it, we, they	remembered
Present perfect
I, you, we, they	haveremembered
he, she, it	hasremembered
Past perfect
I, you, he, she, it, we, they	hadremembered
Future
I, you, he, she, it, we, they	willremember
Future perfect
I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will haveremembered
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