remembrance

CEFRC1

/ɹɪˈmɛm.bɹəns/

noun · verb

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    The act of remembering or a memory of someone or something.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    Something remembered; a person or thing kept in memory.

Examples

  • Remembrance Day marks the end of World War One.

  • It comes to my remembrance.

At a glance

Sits at C1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
2
Citations
5
Synonyms
2

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. The state of being remembered, or held in mind; memory, recollection.

  2. The act of remembering; a holding in mind, or bringing to mind; recollection.

verb

Extra meaning

  1. To remember; to recall to mind.

More examples

In context

  • The event is worthy of remembrance.

  • […] Nausicaa blooming as a goddess stands, / With wondering eyes the hero [Odysseus] she survey'd / And grateful thus began the royal maid: / 'Hail, godlike stranger! and when heaven restores / To thy fond wish thy long-expected shores, / This, ever grateful,...

  • Yes, and did ſee ſuch things there, the remembrance of which will ſtick by me as long as I live; ſpecially three things, to wit, How Chriſt, in deſpite of Satan, maintains his work of Grace in the heart; how the Man had ſinned himſelf quite out of hopes of Go...

Synonyms

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Origin

noun

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.