remember

verb

1 THE PAST (I, T) to have a picture in your mind of people, events, places etc from the past: remember sb/sth: Do you remember Rosa Davies? | Mr Wilson has lived on our street for as long as I can remember. | remember (that): I remember you two couldn't stand each other at first! | remember sb doing sth: I remember my father bringing home a huge Christmas tree. | remember sb as sth: I remember Clive as an irritable but tremendously creative man. | remember doing sth: I remember meeting her at a party once. | remember well/clearly: “Do you remember a guy called Casey?” “Sure, I remember him well.” | vaguely/dimly/scarcely remember (=not remember well): I vaguely remember reading something about her husband in the paper. | remember correctly/rightly: They had three children, if I remember rightly. | distinctly/vividly remember: I distinctly remember telling you to be home by 10 o'clock.

2 INFORMATION/FACTS (I, T) to bring information or facts that you know into your mind: What did I do with my car keys? Oh, I remember, I left them on the kitchen table. | I can't remember her phone number.

(+ that): I suddenly remembered that I'd left the stove on. | remember what/how/why etc: I'm trying to remember whether I said six or seven o'clock.

3 TO DO/GET STH (I, T) to remember something that you must do, get, or bring: remember to do sth: Did you remember to get the bread? | Remember to close the windows before you go out. | remember sth: I do hope he remembered the wine. | The thing to remember is to keep stirring the sauce.

4 KEEP STH IN MIND to keep a particular fact about a situation in your mind

(+ that): You must remember that we didn't have cars in those days.

5 HONOUR THE DEAD to think about someone who has died with special respect, often in a ceremony: On this day we remember the dead of two world wars.

6 be remembered for sth/as sth to be famous for something important that you once did: Bobby Moore will always be remembered as captain of the England squad in 1966.

7 GIVE SB A PRESENT (T) to give someone a present on a particular occasion: She always remembers me at Christmas. | remember sb in your will (=arrange for someone to have something of yours after you die)

8 remember me to sb used to ask someone to give a greeting from you to someone else