remember definition

1. recall knowledge from memory; have a recollection
• examples: I can't remember saying any such thing
• examples: I can't think what her last name was
• examples: can you remember her phone number?
• examples: Do you remember that he once loved you?
• examples: call up memories
2. keep in mind for attention or consideration
• examples: Remember the Alamo
• examples: Remember to call your mother every day!
• examples: Think of the starving children in India!
3. recapture the past; indulge in memories
• examples: he remembered how he used to pick flowers
4. show appreciation to
• examples: He remembered her in his will
5. mention favorably, as in prayer
• examples: remember me in your prayers
6. exercise, or have the power of, memory
• examples: After the shelling, many people lost the ability to remember
• examples: some remember better than others