remind
verbnouncommon in dialogue
- //ɹəˈmaɪnd//
- //ɹɪˈmaɪnd//
To cause one to experience a memory (of someone or something); to bring to the notice or consideration (of a person).
verb
- 1
To cause one to experience a memory (of someone or something); to bring to the notice or consideration (of a person).
I am aware, reader, and you need not remind me, that it is a dreadful thing for a parson to be warlike: […]
His eyes were green and every cat I see to this day reminds me of the exact contour of his face.
Etymology
From mid 17th century, equivalent to re- + mind (“to remember”). Probably suggested by obsolete rememorate with the same sense. Displaced Old English myndgian.
noun
- 1
An act of reminding; a reminder.
Even with successful nights like that, Garth said the death of police dog Quanto in October is never forgotten, but instead serves as a remind that any call could be dangerous.
Surveys consisted of circulating a questionnaire - in .xls file with predefined fields to fill - amongst information producers (i.e., project coordinators, national research funding agencies involved in BlueBio projects); several reminds were sent to increase the response rate.
Just a remind that you can't just go around comparing situations or people you don't like to Nazi Germany. Not only are you factually incorrect but you're belittling the lives of 80 million people who were killed due to the holocaust and the war itself.
Forms
- plural
- reminds
- past tense
- reminded
- past participle
- reminded
- present participle
- reminding
- third person singular
- reminds
remind · To cause one to experience a memory (of someone or something); to bring to the notice or consideration (of a person).
reminder · Someone or something that reminds.reminding · The act by which somebody is reminded of something.Remington · An English habitational surname from Old English; (art) used…