noun · verb · 9 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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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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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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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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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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7
verb
Meaning 7
To remember; to recall to mind.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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8
noun
Meaning 8
the ability to recall past occurrences
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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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