noun
Meaning 1
Someone or something that reminds.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- He left a note as a reminder to get groceries.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: memo, memorandum
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
reminder
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: /ɹɪˈmaɪndə(ɹ)/
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Canada, General-American: /ɹɪˈmaɪndəɹ/
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Canada, General-American: [ɹɪˈmaɪn.dɚ]
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Australian: /ɹɪˈmɑɪndə(ɹ)/
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noun
Meaning 2
Writing that reminds of open payments.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: business, finance
Examples
- She ignored first the reminder of 80 cents. At the end, she was sentenced to pay 200 euros!
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
an experience that causes you to remember something
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: experience
Narrower terms: deja vu, memento, souvenir, memento mori, shades of
noun
Meaning 4
a message that helps you remember something
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- he ignored his wife's reminders
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: message, content, subject matter, substance
Narrower terms: phylactery, tefillin
noun
Meaning 5
someone who gives a warning so that a mistake can be avoided
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: admonisher, monitor
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: defender, guardian, protector, shielder
History
Etymology
From remind + -er.
Across languages
Translations
76 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Belarusian: напамі́н (napamín) — something that reminds
- Belarusian: напамі́нак (napamínak) — something that reminds
- Belarusian: нага́дванне (nahádvannje) — something that reminds
- Belarusian: нага́дваньне (nahádvanʹnje) — something that reminds
- Belarusian: напаміна́нне (napaminánnje) — something that reminds
- Belarusian: напаміна́ньне (napaminánʹnje) — something that reminds
- Bulgarian: напо́мняне (napómnjane) — something that reminds
- Catalan: recordatori — something that reminds
- Catalan: record — something that reminds
- Chinese Mandarin: 提醒物 (tíxǐngwù) — something that reminds
- Chinese Mandarin: 提醒 (tíxǐng) — something that reminds
- Czech: připomínač — something that reminds
- Czech: připomínka — something that reminds
- Czech: upomínka — something that reminds
- Czech: urgence — something that reminds
- Danish: påmindelse — something that reminds
- Dutch: geheugensteuntje — something that reminds
- Finnish: muistutus — something that reminds
- French: rappel — something that reminds
- German: Gedächtnisstütze — something that reminds
- German: Notiz — something that reminds
- German: Gedächtnishilfe — something that reminds
- German: Merkhilfe — something that reminds
- Greek: υπόμνημα (ypómnima) — something that reminds
- Ancient Greek: ὑπόμνημα (hupómnēma) — something that reminds
- Hungarian: emlékeztető — something that reminds
- Italian: promemoria — something that reminds
- Japanese: 備忘 (bibō) — something that reminds
- Japanese: 念押し (nen'oshi) — something that reminds
- Japanese: リマインダー (rimaindā) — something that reminds
- Central Kurdish: بیرخەرەوە (bîrxerewe) — something that reminds
- Latin: admonitiō — something that reminds
- Latin: monitus — something that reminds
- Macedonian: потсетник (potsetnik) — something that reminds
- Norwegian Bokmål: påminnelse — something that reminds
- Norwegian Bokmål: påminning — something that reminds
- Norwegian Nynorsk: påminning — something that reminds
- Old English: myndgung — something that reminds
- Polish: przypomnienie — something that reminds
- Portuguese: lembrete — something that reminds
- Russian: напомина́ние (napominánije) — something that reminds
- Serbo-Croatian: по̀дсетнӣк — something that reminds
- Serbo-Croatian: по̀дсјетнӣк — something that reminds
- Serbo-Croatian: pòdsetnīk — something that reminds
- Serbo-Croatian: pòdsjetnīk — something that reminds
- Slovak: pripomienka — something that reminds
- Slovak: upomienka — something that reminds
- Slovene: opomnik — something that reminds
- Spanish: aviso — something that reminds
- Spanish: recordatorio — something that reminds
- Swedish: påminnelse — something that reminds
- Swedish: erinran — something that reminds
- Tagalog: antig — something that reminds
- Turkish: andaç — something that reminds
- Turkish: andiç — something that reminds
- Turkish: hatırlatma — something that reminds
- Ukrainian: нага́дування (naháduvannja) — something that reminds
- Ukrainian: нага́д (nahád) — something that reminds
- Ukrainian: прига́дування (pryháduvannja) — something that reminds
- Welsh: atgoffâd — something that reminds
- Chinese Mandarin: 催繳單 /催缴单 (cuījiǎodān) — (finance) writing that reminds of open payments
- Czech: upomínka — (finance) writing that reminds of open payments
- Dutch: betalingsherinnering — (finance) writing that reminds of open payments
- Finnish: muistutus — (finance) writing that reminds of open payments
- French: rappel — (finance) writing that reminds of open payments
- French: relance — (finance) writing that reminds of open payments
- German: Mahnung — (finance) writing that reminds of open payments
- German: Mahnungbrief — (finance) writing that reminds of open payments
- German: Mahnschreiben — (finance) writing that reminds of open payments
- German: Zahlungserinnerung — (finance) writing that reminds of open payments
- German: Zahlungsaufforderung — (finance) writing that reminds of open payments
- Italian: avviso — (finance) writing that reminds of open payments
- Polish: przypomnienie — (finance) writing that reminds of open payments
- Swedish: påminnelse — (finance) writing that reminds of open payments
- Swedish: betalningspåminnelse — (finance) writing that reminds of open payments
- Turkish: ihbar mektubu — (finance) writing that reminds of open payments