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remembering

Syllables: re·mem·ber·ing/ɹɪˈmɛm.b(ə.)ɹɪŋ/

remembering is the present participle and gerund of remember.

Meaning of remember

Verb

remember (third-person singular simple present remembers, present participle remembering, simple past and past participle remembered)

  1. To recall from one's memory; to have an image in one's memory.
    • In the lightness of my heart I sang catches of songs as my horse gayly bore me along the well-remembered road.1852, Mrs M.A. Thompson, “The Tutor's Daughter”, in Graham's American Monthly Magazine of Literature, Art, and Fashion, page 266
    Synonyms:
    think, place
  2. To memorize; to put something into memory.
    • Please remember this formula!
    Synonyms:
    retain
  3. To keep in mind; to be mindful of.
    • Remember what I've said.
    Synonyms:
    mind
  4. To not forget (to do something required)
    • Remember to lock the door when you go out.
  5. To convey greetings from.
    • Please remember me to your brother.
  6. (obsolete) To put in mind; to remind (also used reflexively).
    • Since thou dost give me pains, / Let me remember thee what thou hast promis'd, / Which is not yet perform'd me.1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tempest”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published...

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Noun

remembering (countable and uncountable, plural rememberings)

  1. The act by which something is remembered.
    • ‘I do remember,’ he said, ‘only Pooh doesn’t very well, so that’s why he likes having it told to him again. Because then it’s a real story and not just a remembering.’1926, A. A. Milne, “In Which We Are Introduced to Winnie-the-Pooh and Some Bees and the Stories Begin”, in Winnie-the-Pooh
    • The Vietnam War films are forms of memory that function to provide collective rememberings, to construct history, and to subsume within them the experience of the veterans.1997, Marita Sturken, Tangled Memories: The Vietnam War, the AIDS Epidemic, and the Politics of Remembering

Synonyms of remembering

Forms of remembering

Verb
alternative form (obsolete)remembryng
Noun
pluralrememberings

Questions about remembering

What does remembering mean?
Remembering means the act by which something is remembered.
What is remembering the present participle and gerund of?
Remembering is the present participle and gerund of remember.
What part of speech is remembering?
Remembering is a noun.
How do you pronounce remembering?
Remembering is pronounced /ɹɪˈmɛm.b(ə.)ɹɪŋ/.
What is the plural of remembering?
The plural of remembering is rememberings.

Words near remembering in the dictionary

  1. rememberer
  2. rememberers
  3. rememberest
  4. remembereth
  5. rememberin'
  6. remembering
  7. rememberingly
  8. rememberings
  9. rememberize
  10. rememberment
  11. rememberments

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