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remembrance

noun · verb · 9 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ɹɪˈmɛm.bɹəns/
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  • CMU ARPABET: R IY0 M EH1 M B R AH0 N S Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

The act of remembering; a holding in mind, or bringing to mind; recollection.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

The state of being remembered, or held in mind; memory, recollection.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

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Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

Something remembered; a person or thing kept in memory.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

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4

noun

Meaning 4

Something which serves to remember; a memento, a memorial, a souvenir, a token; a memorandum or note of something to be remembered.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, obsolete, uncountable

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Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

The power of remembering or the period over which one's memory extends.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: archaic, countable, uncountable

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6

noun

Meaning 6

Something to be remembered, such as an admonition, counsel, instruction.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, obsolete, uncountable

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Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

7

verb

Meaning 7

To remember; to recall to mind.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Antonyms: none provided

8

noun

Meaning 8

the ability to recall past occurrences

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: recollection, anamnesis

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: memory, retention, retentiveness, retentivity

9

noun

Meaning 9

a recognition of meritorious service

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: memorial, commemoration

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: recognition, credit

Narrower terms: epitaph, festschrift

History

Etymology

From Middle English remembraunce, from Old French remembrance, from remembrer (“to remember”), from Late Latin rememorārī (“to call to mind, to remember”). Equivalent to remember + -ance.

Across languages

Translations

88 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: ذِكْرَى (ḏikrā) — act of remembering
  • Bulgarian: възпоминание (vǎzpominanie) — act of remembering
  • Catalan: recordatori — act of remembering
  • Catalan: memòria — act of remembering
  • Dutch: herinneren — act of remembering
  • Finnish: muisto — act of remembering
  • Finnish: muistaminen — act of remembering
  • Ancient Greek: μνήμη (mnḗmē) — act of remembering
  • Hindi: सुमिरण (sumiraṇ) — act of remembering
  • Hindi: सुमिरन (sumiran) — act of remembering
  • Japanese: 思い出 (omoide) — act of remembering
  • Japanese: 回想 (kaisō) — act of remembering
  • Latin: memoria — act of remembering
  • Latin: recordatio — act of remembering
  • Latin: recordatus — act of remembering
  • Maltese: tifkira — act of remembering
  • Quechua: yarpay — act of remembering
  • Romanian: reamintire — act of remembering
  • Russian: припомина́ние (pripominánije) — act of remembering
  • Russian: па́мять (pámjatʹ) — act of remembering
  • Scottish Gaelic: cuimhneachadh — act of remembering
  • Spanish: recuerdo — act of remembering
  • Turkish: anma — act of remembering
  • Turkish: zikir — act of remembering
  • Turkish: yâd — act of remembering
  • Turkish: tahattur — act of remembering
  • Ottoman Turkish: ذكر (zikr) — act of remembering
  • Catalan: recordatori — state of being remembered
  • Catalan: memòria — state of being remembered
  • Dutch: herinnerd — state of being remembered
  • Dutch: nagedachtenis — state of being remembered
  • Finnish: muisti — state of being remembered
  • Finnish: muistaminen — state of being remembered
  • Japanese: 思い出 (omoide) — state of being remembered
  • Latin: memoria — state of being remembered
  • Latin: recordatio — state of being remembered
  • Romanian: memorie — state of being remembered
  • Romanian: amintire — state of being remembered
  • Scottish Gaelic: cuimhne — state of being remembered
  • Spanish: recuerdo — state of being remembered
  • Turkish: anma — state of being remembered
  • Turkish: zikir — state of being remembered
  • Turkish: yâd — state of being remembered
  • Ottoman Turkish: ذكر (zikr) — state of being remembered
  • Bulgarian: спомен (spomen) — something remembered
  • Catalan: recordatori — something remembered
  • Czech: vzpomínka — something remembered
  • Dutch: herinnerde — something remembered
  • Finnish: muisto — something remembered
  • Finnish: muistikuva — something remembered
  • Ancient Greek: μνήμη (mnḗmē) — something remembered
  • Hebrew: זֵכֶר (zécher) — something remembered
  • Japanese: 思い出 (omoide) — something remembered
  • Latin: memoria — something remembered
  • Latin: recordatio — something remembered
  • Russian: воспомина́ние (vospominánije) — something remembered
  • Scottish Gaelic: cuimhne — something remembered
  • Spanish: recuerdo — something remembered
  • Yiddish: אָנדענק (ondenk) — something remembered
  • Bulgarian: сувенир (suvenir) — that which serves to keep in or bring to mind
  • Catalan: recordatori — that which serves to keep in or bring to mind
  • Chinese Mandarin: 紀念 /纪念 (jìniàn) — that which serves to keep in or bring to mind
  • Dutch: geheugensteun — that which serves to keep in or bring to mind
  • Finnish: muisto — that which serves to keep in or bring to mind
  • Finnish: muistomerkki — that which serves to keep in or bring to mind
  • Finnish: muistiinpano — that which serves to keep in or bring to mind
  • Hebrew: זֵכֶר (zécher) — that which serves to keep in or bring to mind
  • Japanese: 思い出 (omoide) — that which serves to keep in or bring to mind
  • Japanese: 記念碑 (kinenhi) — that which serves to keep in or bring to mind
  • Japanese: 記念品 (kinenhin) — that which serves to keep in or bring to mind
  • Japanese: 形見 (katami) — that which serves to keep in or bring to mind
  • Latin: recordatio — that which serves to keep in or bring to mind
  • Latin: memoria — that which serves to keep in or bring to mind
  • Russian: напомина́ние (napominánije) — that which serves to keep in or bring to mind
  • Russian: сувени́р (suvenír) — that which serves to keep in or bring to mind
  • Russian: пода́рок на па́мять (podárok na pámjatʹ) — that which serves to keep in or bring to mind
  • Scottish Gaelic: cuimhneachan — that which serves to keep in or bring to mind
  • Spanish: recordatorio — that which serves to keep in or bring to mind
  • Spanish: remembranza — that which serves to keep in or bring to mind
  • Bulgarian: памет (pamet) — power of remembering
  • Finnish: muisti — power of remembering
  • Japanese: 記憶 (kioku) — power of remembering
  • Latin: recordatio — power of remembering
  • Latin: memoria — power of remembering
  • Scottish Gaelic: cuimhne — power of remembering
  • Japanese: 記憶 (kioku) — (obsolete) something to be remembered
  • Latin: recordatio — (obsolete) something to be remembered
  • Latin: memoria — (obsolete) something to be remembered
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