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remind

v.
B1 Intermediate Oxford US //ɹiˈmaɪnd// UK //ɹɪmˈaɪnd// re·mind Dialect General-service Informal

v. to help someone remember something they might have forgotten. You also use it when someone or something makes you think of a person or thing from the past.

v. to cause someone to remember or think of something. Transitive — requires a direct object representing the person whose memory is being prompted.


SIMPLE

Please remind me to buy milk later.

CONTEXTUAL

The smell of fresh bread always reminds her of her grandmother's kitchen in the summer.

COMPLEX

The museum curator took care to remind the visitors that flash photography could damage the delicate pigments of the ancient tapestries.

Synonyms
Origin

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

Usage

The verb is transitive and typically takes an object followed by a 'to' infinitive or the preposition 'of'.

Pitfall

I will remind to call himI will remind myself to call himRemind requires a direct object (the person being reminded); it cannot be used as an intransitive verb.

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