What does "remembrance" mean?
The act of remembering; a holding in mind, or bringing to mind; recollection.
Remembrance
/ɹɪˈmɛm.bɹəns/ noun, verb
noun, verb ·Common ·High school level
Meaning at a glance
- Primary sense: The act of remembering; a holding in mind, or bringing to mind; recollection.
- Grammar: remembrance is listed as noun, verb.
- Nearest alternatives: recollection, commemoration, memorial, affect memory.
- Useful contrasts: amnesia, blackouts, erase memory.
- Usage evidence: The event is worthy of remembrance.
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 The act of remembering; a holding in mind, or bringing to mind; recollection. countable, uncountable
"Dal[ila]. Let me approach at leaſt, and touch thy hand. / Sams[on]. Not for thy life, leſt fierce remembrance wake / my ſudden rage to tear thee joint by joint."
- 2 the ability to recall past occurrences wordnet
- 3 The state of being remembered, or held in mind; memory, recollection. countable, uncountable
"There's Roſemary, that's for Remembraunce. / Pray loue remember: and there is Paconcies, that's for Thoughts."
- 4 a recognition of meritorious service wordnet
- 5 Something remembered; a person or thing kept in memory. countable, uncountable
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- 6 Something which serves to remember; a memento, a memorial, a souvenir, a token; a memorandum or note of something to be remembered. countable, obsolete, uncountable
"If you turne not: you will returne the ſooner: / Keep this remembrance for thy Iulia’s sake."
- 7 The power of remembering or the period over which one's memory extends. archaic, countable, uncountable
"Thee I have heard relating what was done / Ere my remembrance; now hear me relate / My ſtory, which perhaps thou haſt not heard; […]"
- 8 Something to be remembered, such as an admonition, counsel, instruction. countable, obsolete, uncountable
Verb
- 1 To remember; to recall to mind.
Synonyms
All synonymsExample
"The event is worthy of remembrance."
Common questions
What is a synonym for "remembrance"?
Common synonyms include: recollection, commemoration, memorial, affect memory, aide-memoire, anamnesis.
How do you use "remembrance" in a sentence?
The event is worthy of remembrance.
How do you pronounce "remembrance"?
Pronounced /ɹɪˈmɛm.bɹəns/.
Etymology
From Middle English remembraunce, from Old French remembrance, from remembrer (“to remember”), from Late Latin rememorārī (“to call to mind, to remember”). Equivalent to remember + -ance.