Definition

1. Verb:
   • To cause (someone) to remember something; to bring something back to someone's attention or memory.
   • To make someone think of something because of a similarity or connection.

Usage

• The verb remind is typically used with a direct object (the person being reminded) and often requires a preposition or clause to specify is being remembered.
• Common structures are:
  • remind someone of something (to cause someone to recall a similar person, thing, or past event).
  • remind someone to do something (to tell someone not to forget to perform a future action).
  • remind someone that... (to tell someone about a fact they may have forgotten).
• It is a regular verb: remind - reminded - reminded.

Examples

• remind someone of something:
  • That song always reminds me of our summer vacation.
  • You remind me of my sister.
• remind someone to do something:
  • Please remind me to buy milk on the way home.
  • She reminded him to lock the door.
• remind someone that...:
  • I must remind you that the deadline is tomorrow.
  • He reminded the team that safety is the top priority.

Advanced Usage

• "to remind oneself": To make a conscious effort not to forget something.
  • I left a note on the fridge to remind myself about the appointment.
• Used in formal or written contexts to reintroduce a previously mentioned point.
  • As reminded in our previous correspondence, all applications must be submitted electronically.

Variants and Related Words

• Reminder (n): Something that causes you to remember something.
  • She set a reminder on her phone.
• Reminiscent (adj): Tending to remind one of something.
  • A style reminiscent of the 1920s.

Synonyms

• Prompt: To cause someone to take a course of action (often used similarly to "remind to do").
  • The alarm prompted him to take his medicine.
• Jog someone's memory: To cause someone to remember something.
  • Maybe this photograph will jog your memory.

Related Phrasal Verbs

• Remind of (as detailed above) is the primary phrasal construction.

Related Idioms

• Need no reminder: To be fully aware of something without being told.
  • I need no reminder of the importance of this task.

Verb

1. assist (somebody acting or reciting) by suggesting the next words of something forgotten or imperfectly learned
2. put in the mind of someone
   • Remind me to call Mother