reminding

1. 1
   verb

   Present participle and gerund of remind.

   The coach was reminding the players of the new rules before kickoff.

   Reminding clients of upcoming payments is part of her daily routine.

   Note

   A verb form that keeps its verb's grip on an object. Remind is transitive, so reminding needs a person after it, usually with of for what is recalled (reminding the players of the rules). Even as a gerund it takes that object directly, and that is how to tell it from the countable noun. For the noun idea, reminder is the safe choice. A remind used as a noun is colloquial and nonstandard.

2. 2
   noununcountable

   An act through which a person is made to remember something.

   A gentle reminding was all the volunteers needed to return their badges.

   Her constant reminding eventually got the whole household to recycle properly.

   Similarprompting, nudging

   Note

   Unlike the gerund, this noun can be counted: one reminding, many remindings. Cognitive scientists rely on that plural. The Program of the Thirteenth Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society (1991) asks which features "trigger remindings," treating each moment of recall as a discrete event. In everyday prose, reminder usually does this work. Reminding suits writing that dwells on the act of being reminded.

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