remind

USri-MYND/ɹəˈmaɪnd/

Verbreminds, reminding, reminded

Noun pluralreminds

Often confused with remember

2 meanings of remind

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1
verbtransitive
To cause someone to remember something, or to bring a matter back to their attention.
Remind the team that the quarterly report is due Friday.
The old photographs reminded him of his childhood home.
Similarprompt, notify
2
nounnonstandardcountable
An act of reminding someone of something, or the reminder itself.
Drop me a remind closer to the date, will you?
He needed one more remind before he finally paid the overdue bill.
Similarnudge, prompt

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Origin

Dating from the mid 17th century, this word combines 're-' with 'mind' (in the sense 'to remember'). It was probably suggested by the now-obsolete 'rememorate', which had the same meaning, and it replaced the Old English 'myndgian'.