Remember vs Remembers - What's the difference?
remember | remembers |
To recall from one's memory; to have an image in one's memory.
* {{quote-book, 1852, Mrs M.A. Thompson, chapter=The Tutor's Daughter, Graham's American Monthly Magazine of Literature, Art, and Fashion, page=266
, passage=In the lightness of my heart I sang catches of songs as my horse gayly bore me along the well-remembered road.}}
* {{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham), title=(The China Governess)
, chapter=6 To memorize; to put something into memory.
To not forget (to do something required)
To convey greetings from.
(obsolete) To put in mind; to remind (also used reflexively)
* 1610 , , act 1 scene 2
* Chapman
* , Secret Parting, lines 5-7
To engage in the process of recalling memories.
(remember)
To recall from one's memory; to have an image in one's memory.
* {{quote-book, 1852, Mrs M.A. Thompson, chapter=The Tutor's Daughter, Graham's American Monthly Magazine of Literature, Art, and Fashion, page=266
, passage=In the lightness of my heart I sang catches of songs as my horse gayly bore me along the well-remembered road.}}
* {{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham), title=(The China Governess)
, chapter=6 To memorize; to put something into memory.
To not forget (to do something required)
To convey greetings from.
(obsolete) To put in mind; to remind (also used reflexively)
* 1610 , , act 1 scene 2
* Chapman
* , Secret Parting, lines 5-7
To engage in the process of recalling memories.
As verbs the difference between remember and remembers
is that remember is to recall from one's memory; to have an image in one's memory while remembers is (remember).remember
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Alternative forms
* remembre (obsolete)Verb
(en verb)citation
citation, passage=‘[…] I remember a lady coming to inspect St. Mary's Home where I was brought up and seeing us all in our lovely Elizabethan uniforms we were so proud of, and bursting into tears all over us because “it was wicked to dress us like charity children”. […]’.}}
- Since thou dost give me pains, / Let me remember thee what thou hast promis'd, / Which is not yet perform'd me.
- My friends remembered me of home.
- ''But soon, remembering her how brief the whole
- ''Of joy, which its own hours annihilate,
- ''Her set gaze gathered
Usage notes
* In sense 1 this is a catenative verb that takes the gerund (-ing) . * In sense 3 this is a catenative verb that takes the to infinitive. * SeeSynonyms
* recall * reminisceDerived terms
* rememberer * remembranceSee also
* recollect * recollection * remindremembers
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Verb
(head)remember
English
Alternative forms
* remembre (obsolete)Verb
(en verb)citation
citation, passage=‘[…] I remember a lady coming to inspect St. Mary's Home where I was brought up and seeing us all in our lovely Elizabethan uniforms we were so proud of, and bursting into tears all over us because “it was wicked to dress us like charity children”. […]’.}}
- Since thou dost give me pains, / Let me remember thee what thou hast promis'd, / Which is not yet perform'd me.
- My friends remembered me of home.
- ''But soon, remembering her how brief the whole
- ''Of joy, which its own hours annihilate,
- ''Her set gaze gathered