Remembrance Meaning
/ɹɪˈmɛm.bɹəns/Definition, CEFR level C1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
nounThe act of remembering; a holding in mind, or bringing to mind; recollection.
nounThe state of being remembered, or held in mind; memory, recollection.
Sentence Examples
The event is worthy of remembrance.
It comes to my remembrance.
Remembrance Day marks the end of World War One.
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CEFR Practice Quiz
She keeps the old photograph as a ____ of her grandmother's love and kindness.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The town held an annual ceremony of ____ to honor those who had lost their lives in the conflict.
Word Origin & History
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.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"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."
— 1671 May 29, John Milton, “Samson Agonistes”, in Paradise Regain’d. A Poem. In IV Books. To which is Added Samson Agonistes, London: Printed by J. M[acock]. for John Starkey at the Mitre in Fleetstreet, near Temple-Bar, →OCLC, pages 59, lines 952–954:
"There's Roſemary, that's for Remembraunce. / Pray loue remember: and there is Paconcies, that's for Thoughts."
— 1599–1602, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies, London: Printed by Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, act IV, scene v, page 274:
"The letter, perhaps, began in bitterness, but it did not end so. The adieu is charity itself. But think no more of the letter. The feelings of the person who wrote, and the person who received it, are now so widely different from what they were then, that every unpleasant circumstance attending it ought to be forgotten. You must learn some of my philosophy. Think only of the past as its remembrance gives you pleasure."
— 1813 January 27, [Jane Austen], chapter XVI, in Pride and Prejudice: […], volume III, London: […] [George Sidney] for T[homas] Egerton, […], →OCLC, page 279:
"If you turne not: you will returne the ſooner: / Keep this remembrance for thy Iulia’s sake."
— 1589–1593, William Shakespeare, “The Two Gentlemen of Verona”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies, London: Printed by Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, act II, scene ii, page 24:
"Thee I have heard relating what was done / Ere my remembrance; now hear me relate / My ſtory, which perhaps thou haſt not heard; […]"
— 1667, John Milton, “Book VII”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC, lines 203–205:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
She keeps the old photograph as a ____ of her grandmother's love and kindness.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The town held an annual ceremony of ____ to honor those who had lost their lives in the conflict.