english
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remember
adverbs
remember 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/correctly
• You were still at school, if I remember rightly.
hardly/barely remember
(= almost not at all )
• I can hardly remember him.
transnet.ir
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remember sb to sb
slightly formal
to ask someone to say hello to another person for you
• Please remember me to your parents.
Cambridge-Phrasal Verbs
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remember
to form an idea in your mind of people, events, places etc from the past:
• I 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
to remember a particular fact, event, or situation, especially in order to tell someone about it:
• Can 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 situation:
• Harry smiled as he recollected the scene. • She tried to recollect what had happened next in her dream.
memorize
to learn facts, a piece of writing or music etc, so that you can remember them later:
• He’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 past:
• I 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
to talk about pleasant events, people, experiences etc from the past, because you want to remember them or enjoy talking about them:
• They were reminiscing about old times. • I used to spend hours listening to my grandfather reminisce.
bear something in mind
to remember something important when you are doing something, because it could affect what you do:
• Bear 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 a word or a name but that you have difficulty remembering it at this exact moment:
• His 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 another person, thing, or time, because they are similar:
• It reminds me of the time when I first started teaching. • The taste reminded him of school dinners.
Longman-Thesaurus
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verb ADV. clearly, distinctly, vividly, well I distinctly remember Jane saying that the show started at eight. I remember Miss Scott very well. | dimly, vaguely | correctly, rightly If I remember correctly, you were supposed to collect the keys on your way here. | fondly She fondly remembered her early years in India. | still | always I'll always remember this holiday. | suddenly | belatedly Julia belatedly remembered what else she was supposed to do. VERB + REMEMBER can/could I can't remember her name. | try to | be important to PREP. as He still remembered her as the lively teenager he'd known years before. | for She is best remembered for her first book, ‘In the Ditch’.
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
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verb
recall:
You must remember your number.
verb
recognize:
You should remember her.
Simple Definitions