verb (not usually used in the progressive tenses)
sb / sth from the past
1 to have or keep an image in your memory of an event, a person, a place, etc. from the past:
[VN] This is Carla. Do you remember her? * I don't remember my first day at school. * He still remembered her as the lively teenager he'd known years before. * [V] As far as I can remember, this is the third time we've met. * [V-ing] Do you remember switching the lights off before we came out? * I vaguely remember hearing him come in. * [VN-ing] I can still vividly remember my grandfather teaching me to play cards. * (formal) I can't remember his taking a single day off work. * [V(that)] I remember (that) we used to go and see them most weekends.
fact / information
2 to bring back to your mind a fact, piece of information, etc. that you knew:
[VN] I'm sorry-I can't remember your name. * [Vwh-] Can you remember how much money we spent? * [V] You were going to help me with this. Remember? * [V(that)] Remember that we're going out tonight.
3 [V(that)] to keep an important fact in your mind:
Remember (that) you may feel sleepy after taking the pills. * [VN(that)] It should be remembered that the majority of accidents happen in the home.
sth you have to do
4 to not forget to do sth; to actually do what you have to do:
[Vtoinf] Remember to call me when you arrive! * [VN] Did you remember your homework (= to bring it)?
HELPNOTE Notice the difference between remember doing sth and remember to do sth: I remember posting the letter means 'I have an image in my memory of doing it'; I remembered to post the letter means 'I didn't forget to do it.'
in prayers
5 [VN] to think about sb with respect, especially when saying a prayer:
a church service to remember the war dead
give present
6 [VN] to give money, a present, etc. to sb/sth:
My aunt always remembers my birthday (= by sending a card or present). * His grandfather remembered him (= left him money) in his will.
IDIOMS
be remembered for sth
