remember
English
/ɹɪˈmɛmbɚ/, /ˈmɛmbɚ/, /ɹɪˈmɛmbə/
verb
Definitions
- To recall from one's memory; to have an image in one's memory.
- To memorize; to put something into memory.
- To keep in mind, be mindful of
- To not forget (to do something required)
- To convey greetings from.
- (obsolete) To put in mind; to remind (also used reflexively)
- (intransitive) To engage in the process of recalling memories.
- (transitive) To give (a person) money as a token of appreciation of past service or friendship.
- (transitive) to commemorate, to have a remembrance ceremony
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English remembren derived from Old French remembrer (remember) derived from Latin rememorari derived from Proto-Indo-European *mer- (die, rub, wear away, sea, gleam, sparkle, pound, glimmer, weave, pack, bind, plait, girl, young boy), *(s)mer- (remember, allot, assign, be mindful, care for, think, fall into thinking, take careful thought of).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*(s)mer-
Gloss
remember, allot, assign, be mindful, care for, think, fall into thinking, take careful thought of
Concept
Semantic Field
Cognition
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Kanji
思, 考
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- ambrosia English
- antemortem English
- daymare English
- demur English
- disremember English
- immortally English
- memorandum English
- misremember English
- misremembrance English
- moratory English
- morbidity English
- morbidly English
- morbidness English
- mortality English
- mortgage English
- mortify English
- mortmain English
- mortuary English
- murderous English
- murrain English
- perimortem English
- postmortem English
- premortem English
- rememberability English
- rememberable English
- rememberably English
- rememberer English
- rememberest English
- remembereth English
- remembersome English
- remembrance English
- remembrancer English
- reremember English
- unremember English
- unrememberable English
- unremembrance English
- commoror Latin
- demoror Latin
- immoror Latin
- immortālis Latin
- immortālitās Latin
- memorabilis Latin
- memoria Latin
- memoro Latin
- memorābilia Latin
- mereo Latin
- meritum Latin
- merus Latin
- mora Latin
- morbidus Latin
- morbus Latin
- moribundus Latin
- morior Latin
- morior, morī Latin
- moror Latin
- mortālis Latin
- morī Latin
- post Latin
- rememorare Latin
- rememorari Latin
- rememoror Latin
- remoror Latin
- mijmeren Dutch, Flemish
- mijmering Dutch, Flemish
- mort French
- μάρμαρος Ancient Greek
- μάρτυς Ancient Greek
- μέριμνα Ancient Greek
- μέρος Ancient Greek
- μαρμαίρω Ancient Greek
- μαρτιχόρας Ancient Greek
- μείρομαι Ancient Greek
- μοῖρα Ancient Greek
- μόρα Ancient Greek
- μόριον Ancient Greek
- μόρος Ancient Greek
- *(s)mer- Proto-Indo-European
- *mer- Proto-Indo-European
- *mer-, *mr̥- Proto-Indo-European
- *mere Proto-Indo-European
- *merh₂- Proto-Indo-European
- *mor- Proto-Indo-European
- *mrtro- Proto-Indo-European
- *mr̥tro- Proto-Indo-European
- *mr̥twós Proto-Indo-European
- *mr̥tós Proto-Indo-European
- *mr̥wós Proto-Indo-European
- *gamundiz Proto-Germanic
- *maimrōną Proto-Germanic
- *mairōną Proto-Germanic
- *manōną Proto-Germanic
- *mari Proto-Germanic
- *marǭ Proto-Germanic
- *mimraz Proto-Germanic
- *minþijaną Proto-Germanic
- *murþą Proto-Germanic
- *mīmrōną Proto-Germanic
- リメンバー Japanese
- minna Norwegian Nynorsk
- *nihtmare Old English
- gemanian Old English
- gemimor Old English
- gemyndelic Old English
- gemyndfull Old English
- gemyndleas Old English
- manian Old English
- mimor Old English
- mimorian Old English
- māmrian Old English
- ġemynd Old English
- मरते Sanskrit
- मारयति Sanskrit
- मृ Sanskrit
- मृत Sanskrit
- विस्मरति Sanskrit
- स्मरण Sanskrit
- स्मारक Sanskrit
- स्मृ Sanskrit
- स्मृति Sanskrit
- mameren Middle English
- mortally Middle English
- remembren Middle English
- minna Old Norse
- minning Old Norse
- morðari Old Norse
- *merti Proto-Slavic
- *morъ Proto-Slavic
- *sъmьrtь Proto-Slavic
- *umerti Proto-Slavic
- *umerti, *merti Proto-Slavic
- *umirati Proto-Slavic
- mor Czech
- meriter Old French
- remembrance Old French
- remembrer Old French
- شمردن Persian
- مرده Persian
- mimeren Middle Dutch
- մարի Old Armenian
- meriter Middle French
- *mīmrōn Old Dutch
- *mori Proto-Celtic
- мрша Macedonian
- *mr̥tyúš Proto-Indo-Iranian
- *márti Proto-Indo-Iranian
- *mártyas Proto-Indo-Iranian
- *smarás Proto-Indo-Iranian
- *smárati Proto-Indo-Iranian
- umrieť Slovak
- *morjōr Proto-Italic
- marenda Romansh
- mind Scots
- YMYTWNtn' Middle Persian
- 𑀫𑀸𑀭𑁂𑀇 Maharastri Prakrit
- *merusa Proto-Albanian
- memre Sranan Tongo
- mirin Kurdish
- demur
- daymare
- mortify
- murrain
- morbidly
- moratory
- mortgage
- mortmain
- mortuary
- ambrosia
- murderous
- mortality
- premortem
- morbidity
- morbidness
- rememberer
- perimortem
- immortally
- memorandum
- postmortem
- unremember
- antemortem
- reremember
- remembrance
- disremember
- remembereth
- misremember
- rememberest
- remembrancer
- rememberable
- rememberably
- remembersome
- unremembrance
- misremembrance
- unrememberable
- rememberability