remind
Syllables: re·mind/ɹəˈmaɪnd/
remind verb: to cause one to experience a memory (of someone or something); to bring to the notice or consideration (of a person).
Verb
remind (third-person singular simple present reminds, present participle reminding, simple past and past participle reminded)
- To cause one to experience a memory (of someone or something); to bring to the notice or consideration (of a person).
- I am aware, reader, and you need not remind me, that it is a dreadful thing for a parson to be warlike: […]1849, Currer Bell [pseudonym; Charlotte Brontë], “Mr. Yorke”, in Shirley. A Tale. […], volume I, London: Smith, Elder and Co., […], →OCLC, page 48
- His eyes were green and every cat I see to this day reminds me of the exact contour of his face.1915, Joseph Conrad, “Author's Note”, in Victory: An Island Tale
- Synonyms:
- put someone in mind of, mind, prompt
Noun
remind (plural reminds)
- An act of reminding; a reminder.
- Even with successful nights like that, Garth said the death of police dog Quanto in October is never forgotten, but instead serves as a remind that any call could be dangerous.2014 March 30, “EPS canine units track down 7 suspects in 6 hours”, in CBC News, archived from the original on 15 Jan 2016
- Surveys consisted of circulating a questionnaire - in .xls file with predefined fields to fill - amongst information producers (i.e., project coordinators, national research funding agencies involved in BlueBio projects); several reminds were sent to increase the response rate.2023 April 19, Anna Nora Tassetti et al., “The BlueBio project's database: web-mapping cooperation to create value for the Blue Bioeconomy”, in Scientific Data, volume 10, London: Nature Portfolio...
remind meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
remind in Hindi
- cause one to experience a memory; bring to a person's notice
- याद दिलाना yād dilānā
remind in Tamil
- நினைவூட்டு, ஞாபகப்படுத்து
remind in Marathi
- to remind, refresh a memory
- खट्याळणे khaṭyāḷṇe
remind in Urdu
- cause one to experience a memory; bring to a person's notice
- یاد دلانا yād dilānā
More languagesFewer languages
- remind in Bengali
- মনে করানো mone koranō
- remind in Telugu
- గుర్తుచేయు gurtucēyu
- remind in Malayalam
- ഓർമിപ്പിക്കുക ōṟmippikkuka
- remind in Kannada
- ನೆನಪಿಸು, ನೆನಪುಮಾಡು, ಜ್ಞಾಪಿಸು, ಸ್ಮರಣೆಗೆ ತರು
- remind in Punjabi
- ਜਤਾਉਣਾ jatāuṇā
- remind in Gujarati
- યાદ અપાવવા માટે
- remind in Nepali
- सम्झाउने, सम्झाउन
- remind in Tagalog
- magpaalala
- remind in Arabic
- ذَكَّرَ ḏakkara
- remind in Indonesian
- mengingatkan
- remind in Persian
- یادآوری کردن yâd-âvari kardan
- remind in Thai
- เตือน dtʉʉan
- remind in Vietnamese
- nhắc nhở, nhắc, nhắc lại
- remind in Myanmar
- နှိုးဆော် hnui:hcau
Examples of remind in a sentence
- I left him a note to remind him to take out the trash.
- With a discreet gesture, she reminded him to mind his manners.
- He sent me an email last week to remind me about the meeting.
Synonyms of remind
Forms of remind
| Verb | |
|---|---|
| third-person singular present | reminds |
| present participle | reminding |
| past participle | reminded |
| past | reminded |
| Noun | |
| plural | reminds |
Origin of remind
From mid 17th century, equivalent to re- + mind (“to remember”). Probably suggested by obsolete rememorate with the same sense. Displaced Old English myndgian.
Words formed from remind
Words that rhyme with remind
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- rind
- signed
- unbind
- unkind
- unmind
- aligned
- chined
- combined
- defined
- designed
- Glynde
- hind
- inclined
- intertwined
- rebind
- spined
- to one's mind
- unassigned
- undersigned
- uninclined
- unlined
- upwind
- vined
- wynd
- amind
- animalkind
- assigned
- brined
- crined
- declined
- dined
- enshrined
- entwined
- fined
- humankind
- mined
- misaligned
- pined
- presence of mind
- re-signed
- realigned
- reassigned
- redefined
- redesigned
- resigned
- rined
- shined
- twined
Questions about remind
- What does remind mean?
- Remind means to cause one to experience a memory (of someone or something); to bring to the notice or consideration (of a person).
- What is remind in Hindi?
- Remind in Hindi is याद दिलाना (yād dilānā). See Remind meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is remind?
- Remind can be a verb or a noun.
- How do you pronounce remind?
- Remind is pronounced /ɹəˈmaɪnd/.
- What is the past tense of remind?
- The past tense of remind is reminded.
Words near remind in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: remind (page history and authors); remind (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); खट्याळणे (Marathi) (page history and authors); মনে করানো (Bengali) (page history and authors); ഓർമിപ്പിക്കുക (Malayalam) (page history and authors); remind (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ਜਤਾਉਣਾ (Punjabi) (page history and authors); remind (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); remind (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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