remind
English
Etymology
From mid 17th century, equivalent to re- + mind (“to remember”). Probably suggested by obsolete rememorate with the same sense. Displaced Old English myndgian.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɹəˈmaɪnd/, /ɹɪˈmaɪnd/
Audio (Southern England) (file) - Hyphenation: re‧mind
- Rhymes: -aɪnd
Verb
remind (third-person singular simple present reminds, present participle reminding, simple past and past participle reminded)
- (transitive) To cause one to experience a memory (of someone or something); to bring to the notice or consideration (of a person).
- Synonym: put someone in mind of
- 1849, Currer Bell [pseudonym; Charlotte Brontë], chapter 3, in Shirley. A Tale. […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), London: Smith, Elder and Co., […], OCLC 84390265:
- I am aware, reader, and you need not remind me, that it is a dreadful thing for a parson to be warlike.
- 1915, Joseph Conrad, Victory: An Island Tale, "Author's Note":
- His eyes were green and every cat I see to this day reminds me of the exact contour of his face.
Derived terms
Translations
cause one to experience a memory; bring to a person's notice
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