Remember meaning

What does “remember” mean? Definitions, examples, synonyms and opposites.

“remember” is a verb with 8 meanings. Its most common meaning is: recall knowledge from memory; have a recollection.

remember

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”

    Oppositesforget
  2. keep in mind for attention or consideration

    “Remember the Alamo”

    “Remember to call your mother every day!”

    Synonymsthink of
    Oppositesforget
  3. recapture the past; indulge in memories

    “he remembered how he used to pick flowers”

    Synonymsthink back
  4. show appreciation to

    “He remembered her in his will”

  5. mention favorably, as in prayer

    “remember me in your prayers”

  6. mention as by way of greeting or to indicate friendship

    “Remember me to your wife”

    Synonymscommend
  7. exercise, or have the power of, memory

    “After the shelling, many people lost the ability to remember”

    “some remember better than others”

  8. 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”

    Synonymscommemorate

Source: WordNet 3.1, Princeton University