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remind

noun · verb · 4 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.

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  • /ɹəˈmaɪnd/
  • /ɹɪˈmaɪnd/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -aɪnd
  • CMU ARPABET: R IY0 M AY1 N D Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

An act of reminding; a reminder.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: colloquial, nonstandard

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

verb

Meaning 2

To cause one to experience a memory (of someone or something); to bring to the notice or consideration (of a person).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: put someone in mind of

Antonyms: none provided

3

verb

Meaning 3

put in the mind of someone

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • Remind me to call Mother

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Narrower terms: take back, nag, commemorate, memorialize, memorialise, immortalize, immortalise, record

4

verb

Meaning 4

assist (somebody acting or reciting) by suggesting the next words of something forgotten or imperfectly learned

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: prompt, cue

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: inform

History

Etymology

From mid 17th century, equivalent to re- + mind (“to remember”). Probably suggested by obsolete rememorate with the same sense. Displaced Old English myndgian.

Across languages

Translations

124 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Southern Altai: эзедип айдар (ezedip aydar) — cause one to experience a memory; bring to a person's notice
  • Arabic: ذَكَّرَ (ḏakkara) — cause one to experience a memory; bring to a person's notice
  • Arabic: فكر (fakkar) — cause one to experience a memory; bring to a person's notice
  • Aramaic: אַדְכֵּר — cause one to experience a memory; bring to a person's notice
  • Armenian: հիշեցնել (hišecʻnel) — cause one to experience a memory; bring to a person's notice
  • Azerbaijani: xatırlatmaq — cause one to experience a memory; bring to a person's notice
  • Belarusian: нага́дваць (nahádvacʹ) — cause one to experience a memory; bring to a person's notice
  • Belarusian: нагада́ць (nahadácʹ) — cause one to experience a memory; bring to a person's notice
  • Belarusian: наме́ньваць (namjénʹvacʹ) — cause one to experience a memory; bring to a person's notice
  • Belarusian: наме́ніць (namjénicʹ) — cause one to experience a memory; bring to a person's notice
  • Belarusian: напаміна́ць (napaminácʹ) — cause one to experience a memory; bring to a person's notice
  • Belarusian: напо́мніць (napómnicʹ) — cause one to experience a memory; bring to a person's notice
  • Bulgarian: напо́мням (napómnjam) — cause one to experience a memory; bring to a person's notice
  • Bulgarian: напо́мня (napómnja) — cause one to experience a memory; bring to a person's notice
  • Bulgarian: подсе́щам (podséštam) — cause one to experience a memory; bring to a person's notice
  • Bulgarian: подсе́тя (podsétja) — cause one to experience a memory; bring to a person's notice
  • Burmese: နှိုးဆော် (hnui:hcau) — cause one to experience a memory; bring to a person's notice
  • Catalan: recordar — cause one to experience a memory; bring to a person's notice
  • Chichewa: -kumbutsa — cause one to experience a memory; bring to a person's notice
  • Chinese Cantonese: 提醒 (tai4 sing2, tai4 seng2) — cause one to experience a memory; bring to a person's notice
  • Chinese: 提醒 (zh-min-nan) — cause one to experience a memory; bring to a person's notice
  • Chinese Mandarin: 提醒 (tíxǐng) — cause one to experience a memory; bring to a person's notice
  • Corsican: ricurdà — cause one to experience a memory; bring to a person's notice
  • Crimean Tatar: ındemek — cause one to experience a memory; bring to a person's notice
  • Czech: připomínat — cause one to experience a memory; bring to a person's notice
  • Czech: připomenout — cause one to experience a memory; bring to a person's notice
  • Danish: påminde — cause one to experience a memory; bring to a person's notice
  • Danish: minde om — cause one to experience a memory; bring to a person's notice
  • Dutch: herinneren — cause one to experience a memory; bring to a person's notice
  • Esperanto: rememorigi — cause one to experience a memory; bring to a person's notice
  • Finnish: muistuttaa — cause one to experience a memory; bring to a person's notice
  • French: rappeler à — cause one to experience a memory; bring to a person's notice
  • Old French: remembrer — cause one to experience a memory; bring to a person's notice
  • Friulian: ricuardâ — cause one to experience a memory; bring to a person's notice
  • Georgian: შეხსენება (šexseneba) — cause one to experience a memory; bring to a person's notice
  • Georgian: ახსენებს (axsenebs) — cause one to experience a memory; bring to a person's notice
  • German: erinnern — cause one to experience a memory; bring to a person's notice
  • German: in Erinnerung bringen — cause one to experience a memory; bring to a person's notice
  • Greek: θυμίζω (thymízo) — cause one to experience a memory; bring to a person's notice
  • Greek: υπενθυμίζω (ypenthymízo) — cause one to experience a memory; bring to a person's notice
  • Ancient Greek: μιμνήσκω (mimnḗskō) — cause one to experience a memory; bring to a person's notice
  • Hebrew: הִזְכִּיר (hizkír) — cause one to experience a memory; bring to a person's notice
  • Hindi: याद दिलाना (yād dilānā) — cause one to experience a memory; bring to a person's notice
  • Hungarian: emlékeztet — cause one to experience a memory; bring to a person's notice
  • Icelandic: minna — cause one to experience a memory; bring to a person's notice
  • Icelandic: áminna — cause one to experience a memory; bring to a person's notice
  • Indonesian: mengingatkan — cause one to experience a memory; bring to a person's notice
  • Ingrian: muissuttaa — cause one to experience a memory; bring to a person's notice
  • Irish: cuir i gcuimhne — cause one to experience a memory; bring to a person's notice
  • Irish: meabhraigh — cause one to experience a memory; bring to a person's notice
  • Istriot: racurdà — cause one to experience a memory; bring to a person's notice
  • Italian: ricordare — cause one to experience a memory; bring to a person's notice
  • Japanese: 思い出させる (omoidasaseru) — cause one to experience a memory; bring to a person's notice
  • Kabuverdianu: lenbra — cause one to experience a memory; bring to a person's notice
  • Khmer: រំលឹក (rumlɨk) — cause one to experience a memory; bring to a person's notice
  • Khmer: ផ្ដាំ (phdam) — cause one to experience a memory; bring to a person's notice
  • Khmer: សរ (sɑɑ) — cause one to experience a memory; bring to a person's notice
  • Korean: 생각나게 하다 (saenggangnage hada) — cause one to experience a memory; bring to a person's notice
  • Korean: 상기(想起)시키다 (sanggisikida) — cause one to experience a memory; bring to a person's notice
  • Central Kurdish: بیرخستن (bîrxistin) — cause one to experience a memory; bring to a person's notice
  • Kyrgyz: эске салуу (eske saluu) — cause one to experience a memory; bring to a person's notice
  • Lao: ເຕືອນ (tư̄an) — cause one to experience a memory; bring to a person's notice
  • Latin: commoneō — cause one to experience a memory; bring to a person's notice
  • Latin: moneō — cause one to experience a memory; bring to a person's notice
  • Latin: remoneō — cause one to experience a memory; bring to a person's notice
  • Latin: memoro — cause one to experience a memory; bring to a person's notice
  • Macedonian: потсеќа (potseḱa) — cause one to experience a memory; bring to a person's notice
  • Macedonian: потсети (potseti) — cause one to experience a memory; bring to a person's notice
  • Norwegian Bokmål: minne — cause one to experience a memory; bring to a person's notice
  • Old English: myndgian — cause one to experience a memory; bring to a person's notice
  • Oromo: yaadachiisuu — cause one to experience a memory; bring to a person's notice
  • Persian: یادآوری کردن (yâd-âvari kardan) — cause one to experience a memory; bring to a person's notice
  • Polish: przypominać — cause one to experience a memory; bring to a person's notice
  • Polish: przypomnieć — cause one to experience a memory; bring to a person's notice
  • Portuguese: lembrar — cause one to experience a memory; bring to a person's notice
  • Portuguese: recordar — cause one to experience a memory; bring to a person's notice
  • Romanian: aminti — cause one to experience a memory; bring to a person's notice
  • Romanian: aduce aminte — cause one to experience a memory; bring to a person's notice
  • Russian: напомина́ть (napominátʹ) — cause one to experience a memory; bring to a person's notice
  • Russian: напо́мнить (napómnitʹ) — cause one to experience a memory; bring to a person's notice
  • Serbo-Croatian: по̀дсећати — cause one to experience a memory; bring to a person's notice
  • Serbo-Croatian: по̀дсјећати — cause one to experience a memory; bring to a person's notice
  • Serbo-Croatian: по̀дсетити — cause one to experience a memory; bring to a person's notice
  • Serbo-Croatian: по̀дсјетити — cause one to experience a memory; bring to a person's notice
  • Serbo-Croatian: pòdsećati — cause one to experience a memory; bring to a person's notice
  • Serbo-Croatian: pòdsjećati — cause one to experience a memory; bring to a person's notice
  • Serbo-Croatian: pòdsetiti — cause one to experience a memory; bring to a person's notice
  • Serbo-Croatian: pòdsjetiti — cause one to experience a memory; bring to a person's notice
  • Sicilian: ricurdari — cause one to experience a memory; bring to a person's notice
  • Sicilian: arricurdari — cause one to experience a memory; bring to a person's notice
  • Slovak: pripomínať — cause one to experience a memory; bring to a person's notice
  • Slovak: pripomenúť — cause one to experience a memory; bring to a person's notice
  • Slovene: spomínjati — cause one to experience a memory; bring to a person's notice
  • Slovene: spọ̑mniti — cause one to experience a memory; bring to a person's notice
  • Slovene: opominjati — cause one to experience a memory; bring to a person's notice
  • Slovene: opomniti — cause one to experience a memory; bring to a person's notice
  • Spanish: recordar (le que ... a) — cause one to experience a memory; bring to a person's notice
  • Swahili: -kumbusha — cause one to experience a memory; bring to a person's notice
  • Swedish: påminna — cause one to experience a memory; bring to a person's notice
  • Swedish: erinra — cause one to experience a memory; bring to a person's notice
  • Tagalog: magpaalala — cause one to experience a memory; bring to a person's notice
  • Telugu: గుర్తుచేయు (gurtucēyu) — cause one to experience a memory; bring to a person's notice
  • Thai: เตือน (dtʉʉan) — cause one to experience a memory; bring to a person's notice
  • Turkish: hatırlatmak — cause one to experience a memory; bring to a person's notice
  • Turkish: anımsatmak — cause one to experience a memory; bring to a person's notice
  • Ukrainian: нага́дувати (naháduvaty) — cause one to experience a memory; bring to a person's notice
  • Ukrainian: нагада́ти (nahadáty) — cause one to experience a memory; bring to a person's notice
  • Ukrainian: припомина́ти (prypomynáty) — cause one to experience a memory; bring to a person's notice
  • Ukrainian: припо́мнити (prypómnyty) — cause one to experience a memory; bring to a person's notice
  • Ukrainian: напомина́ти (napomynáty) — cause one to experience a memory; bring to a person's notice
  • Ukrainian: напо́мнити (napómnyty) — cause one to experience a memory; bring to a person's notice
  • Urdu: یاد دلانا (yād dilānā) — cause one to experience a memory; bring to a person's notice
  • Venetan: regordar — cause one to experience a memory; bring to a person's notice
  • Venetan: regordàr — cause one to experience a memory; bring to a person's notice
  • Venetan: recordar — cause one to experience a memory; bring to a person's notice
  • Venetan: recordàr — cause one to experience a memory; bring to a person's notice
  • Vietnamese: nhắc nhở — cause one to experience a memory; bring to a person's notice
  • Vietnamese: nhắc — cause one to experience a memory; bring to a person's notice
  • Vietnamese: nhắc lại — cause one to experience a memory; bring to a person's notice
  • Walloon: rimimbrer — cause one to experience a memory; bring to a person's notice
  • Walloon: rapinser — cause one to experience a memory; bring to a person's notice
  • Walloon: rapler — cause one to experience a memory; bring to a person's notice
  • Welsh: atgoffa — cause one to experience a memory; bring to a person's notice
  • Yiddish: דערמאַנען (dermanen) — cause one to experience a memory; bring to a person's notice
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