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Antonyms for remembering

Grammar : Adj, noun
Spell : ri-mem-ber
Phonetic Transcription : rɪˈmɛm bər

Definition of remembering

Origin :
  • early 14c., "keep in mind, retain in the memory," from Old French remembrer "remember, recall, bring to mind" (11c.), from Latin rememorari "recall to mind, remember," from re- "again" (see re-) + memorari "be mindful of," from memor "mindful" (see memory). Meaning "recall to mind" is late 14c.; sense of "to mention" is from 1550s. Also in Middle English "to remind" (someone). An Anglo-Saxon verb for it was gemunan.
  • adj remembered
  • noun recalling
  • noun recall
Example sentences :
  • How frantic, as if all things were about to eventuate, remembering not that nothing ends.
  • Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
  • As she said all this, Hester felt like a hypocrite, remembering her own sins.
  • Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald
  • He seemed not to be remembering, but to be living in the former days.
  • Extract from : « Life in London » by Edwin Hodder
  • "I think so," said Oliver, remembering what he had heard at school.
  • Extract from : « The Trail Book » by Mary Austin
  • And for five years, remembering them, I had been proud of being "smart."
  • Extract from : « The Bacillus of Beauty » by Harriet Stark
  • Remembering the letter, she corrected her expression to colder lines.
  • Extract from : « Quaint Courtships » by Various
  • She took it up with careful fingers, remembering its great age.
  • Extract from : « The Little Colonel » by Annie Fellows Johnston
  • Remembering her map Kingozi's lips compressed under his beard.
  • Extract from : « The Leopard Woman » by Stewart Edward White
  • "Fido," said Abner, remembering it all, as the years came back.
  • Extract from : « A Little Book of Profitable Tales » by Eugene Field
  • Her joy lay in remembering; it seemed a small thing to her that he should forget.
  • Extract from : « Tiverton Tales » by Alice Brown

Synonyms for remembering

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