DictionaryrememberKeeping in mind
verb

remember

rih-MEM-ber/rɪˈmembər/

To bring or keep someone or something in mind.

She remembers leaving her keys on the shelf and reaches for them.

An adult pauses and then reaches toward a shelf where she left her keys; a small soft-edged recollection vignette shows that same person placing those same keys there earlier.
Etymology

Being mindful of something “again” captures the return of a past person, fact, or event to awareness. The word has expressed both keeping something in mind and bringing it back to mind.

In context

Cumberland County Historical Society40:39
do you remember her talking about him as a choir director yeah I mean she's she liked him um she she was used to um when she sang in Lancaster which is where she met my dad in
Ann Moser Memory Bank Interview

More examples

  • I still remember the first day we met.
  • Remember to lock the door when you leave.
  • Each spring, we gather to remember those who died.
  • Please remember me to your parents.

Forms

remember · remembers · remembered · remembering

remembrance noun — The act of remembering or honoring someone.

Similar words

recall
Emphasizes bringing something back to mind, not keeping it there.
recollect
Often suggests deliberate effort to bring past details to mind.