remember/forget

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1 remembering
2 forgetting
3 using your memory to learn
see also THINK

1 remembering
- to have sth in your mind from the past: remember (sth)
'Where did you park the car?' 'I can't remember!' ◎ I just don't remember where I put the key. ◎ I remember seeing her at Jo's house.
- to bring a past event back into your mind: remember (sth), think* of sth, recall (sth)
I'm trying to remember where I put my umbrella. ◎ I can't think of his name. ◎ I don't recall giving her any money.
- your ability to remember things: memory
to have a good/bad memory for faces ◎ To the best of my memory (= as far as I can remember) , he was wearing a red jacket.
- to cause sb to remember sb/sth: remind sb of sb/sth, bring* sth back, jog sb's memory
You remind me of my father. ◎ The photograph brought back memories of my childhood. ◎ Something he said jogged my memory.
- if sth reminds you of sth, it looks, sounds, etc familiar, it rings* a bell
Her name rings a bell - perhaps we met at a party last year?
- an event or other thing that you remember: memory
memories of childhood ◎ I have vivid memories of being pulled out of the water.
- if sth is easy to remember because of being special, it is memorable, unforgettable
a memorable visit ◎ an unforgettable experience
- to remember sth when you have to decide about sth: bear*/keep* sth in mind
I hope you will keep me in mind when you decide about the job.
※—† remembering to do sth
- to remember sth so that you do what you were planning to do or were asked to do: remember (to do sth)
I must remember to water the plants.
- to say sth to help a person remember to do sth: remind sb (of/about sth), remind sb to do sth
I'm glad you reminded me about the meeting - I'd forgotten all about it! ◎ Remind me to phone Mary.
- something that makes you remember sth: reminder
We'll send you a reminder (= a card/letter) when your next dental appointment is due.

2 forgetting
- to lose the memory of sth: forget* (sth)
You never forget how to swim. ◎ I'd quite forgotten that the time of the meeting had been changed.
- not to remember to do sth: forget* (to do sth)
'Did you remember to post my letter?' 'Oh dear, I completely forgot. I'll do it now.'
- if you forget sth, it goes* out of your mind
I'm sorry, your name has just gone out of my mind.
- if you cannot remember anything, your mind is a blank
I remember falling down but after that my mind's a blank.
- if your memory of sth is not clear, it is dim (adverb dimly)
I dimly recall meeting him many years ago.
- if you only remember things that happened recently, you have a short memory
- if you often forget things, you are forgetful; noun (U): forgetfulness
How could I be so forgetful!
- if you forget things because you are thinking of sth else, you are absent-minded (adverb absent-mindedly)
- to decide to stop thinking about sth: forget* sth, put* sth out of your mind/head
Let's forget about our past disagreements and try to work together. ◎ You must try to put that incident out of your head and get on with your life.

3 using your memory to learn
- to learn sth so that you can remember it exactly: memorize sth
She memorized a lot of dates for her history exam.
- by remembering exactly: by heart
He knew many of Hardy's poems by heart.
- if you are able to do sth without looking at anything that is written, you do it from memory
The pianist could play the piece from memory.
※ more on learning LEARN
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- a feeling of longing and sadness about the past: nostalgia (noun U); adjective: nostalgic
nostalgia for the 'good old days' ◎ a nostalgic trip to the town of my birth
- to think about sth in your past life: look back (on sth)
She looks back on that period in her life with pride.
- to make sb remember an earlier period in their life: take* sb back (to sth)
Seeing his friend took him back to the Vienna of his youth.
- if you tell sb sth but they quickly forget what you say, it (informal) goes* in one ear and out the other
There's no point in telling him - it just goes in one ear and out the other.
- if you cannot quite remember sth but think that you will remember it soon, it is on the tip of your tongue
The name is on the tip of my tongue - I'll remember it in a moment.
- to keep a special event in people's memories: commemorate sth; made for this purpose: commemorative
This statue commemorates the founder of the city. ◎ a commemorative stamp
- a building or statue to make people remember a person or event: memorial, monument
a war memorial ◎ a monument to Winston Churchill
- an object that you keep to remind you of a person or special event: memento (plural mementoes)
They gave him a carving as a memento of his visit.
- an object that you keep to remind you of a place or event: souvenir
a souvenir of Tahiti