remembered
past form of “remember” — recall knowledge from memory; have a recollection
An inflected form of remember · past form.
How often you will meet it
Rank 899 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 20,469 times across 155,139 chapters — 0.010% of every word in the library.
It belongs to the first 1,000 words, the band worth learning before any other.
What it means
verb
- recall knowledge from memory; have a recollection also: retrieve, recall, call back, call up, recollect, think I can't remember saying any such thingI can't think what her last name was
- keep in mind for attention or consideration also: think of Remember the AlamoRemember to call your mother every day!
- recapture the past; indulge in memories also: think back he remembered how he used to pick flowers
- show appreciation to He remembered her in his will
- mention favorably, as in prayer remember me in your prayers
- mention as by way of greeting or to indicate friendship also: commend Remember me to your wife
remembered in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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With a shudder, a sense of dread indescribable, she remembered this.
Christian's Mistake · Dinah Maria Mulock Craik · Chapter 1
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I remembered that he had been away from England for several years.
The Betrayal · E. Phillips (Edward Phillips) Oppenheim · Chapter 1
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He turned to Hallward and said, “My dear fellow, I have just remembered.”
The Picture of Dorian Gray · Oscar Wilde · Chapter 1
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John was blushing because he remembered what the Head of the House had said about the Verneys.
The Hill: A Romance of Friendship · Horace Annesley Vachell · Chapter 1
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She remembered them now--the gentle day-nurse and the gentle night-nurse, who had moved soft-footedly about her bed, performing soothing little offices.
Gloria and Treeless Street · Annie Hamilton Donnell · Chapter 1