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{
"term": "remind",
"partOfSpeech": "verb",
"ox3000": true,
"cefr": "b1",
"verbForms": {
"presentSimple": {
"iYouWeThey": "remind",
"heSheIt": "reminds"
},
"pastSimple": "reminded",
"pastParticiple": "reminded",
"ingForm": "reminding"
},
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "to help somebody remember something, especially something important that they must do",
"sensetop": "remind somebody/yourselfremind somebody/yourself about/of somethingremind somebody/yourself to do somethingremind somebody/yourself (that)…remind somebody/yourself what, how, etc…remind somebody/yourself + speech",
"examples": [
{
"text": "I'm sorry, I've forgotten your name. Can you remind me?",
"contextForm": "remind somebody/yourself"
},
{
"text": "**That** *(= what you have just said, done, etc.)* **reminds me**, I must get some cash."
},
{
"text": "‘You need to finish that essay.’ ‘**Don't remind me** *(= I don't want to think about it)*.’"
},
{
"text": "‘Don't forget the camera.’ ‘Remind me about it nearer the time.’",
"contextForm": "remind somebody/yourself about/of something"
},
{
"text": "I loved her and wanted to remind her of that."
},
{
"text": "Your advertisements should remind people of your great location."
},
{
"text": "Remind me to phone Alan before I go out.",
"contextForm": "remind somebody/yourself to do something"
},
{
"text": "Passengers are reminded that smoking is not allowed on this train.",
"contextForm": "remind somebody/yourself (that)…"
},
{
"text": "The paper **reminded its readers** that 4,500 soldiers were killed on the first day of the Normandy landings."
},
{
"text": "Members are reminded that the club's annual general meeting will take place on Thursday."
},
{
"text": "The bathroom mirror **constantly reminds** me that I am getting old."
},
{
"text": "He **likes to remind** everyone that he is a US senator."
},
{
"text": "I have to keep reminding myself that things could be much worse."
},
{
"text": "Can someone remind me what I should do next?",
"contextForm": "remind somebody/yourself what, how, etc…"
},
{
"text": "‘You had an accident,’ he reminded her.",
"contextForm": "remind somebody/yourself + speech"
},
{
"text": "I called to remind him about the party."
},
{
"text": "I quickly reminded him that I had said ‘maybe’."
},
{
"text": "I simply remind them that the choice is theirs."
},
{
"text": "Reading the note suddenly reminded me of my appointment with Angela."
},
{
"text": "She gently reminded him that the baby was getting cold and should be taken indoors."
},
{
"text": "She looked at her watch to remind him of the time."
},
{
"text": "The terrorist attack painfully reminded the Americans that they are vulnerable even at home."
},
{
"text": "I'm sure I don't need to remind you that we have lost our last ten games."
}
],
"collocations": {
"adverb": ["forcefully", "forcibly", "strongly"],
"verb + remind": ["not have to", "not need to", "serve to"],
"preposition": ["about", "of"],
"phrases": ["keep reminding somebody"]
}
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/rɪˈmaɪnd/",
"audio": "re/remind/remind__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/rɪˈmaɪndz/",
"audio": "re/remind/reminds__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/rɪˈmaɪndɪd/",
"audio": "re/remind/reminded__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/rɪˈmaɪndɪŋ/",
"audio": "re/remind/reminding__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/rɪˈmaɪnd/",
"audio": "re/remind/remind__us_2.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/rɪˈmaɪndz/",
"audio": "re/remind/reminds__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/rɪˈmaɪndɪd/",
"audio": "re/remind/reminded__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/rɪˈmaɪndɪŋ/",
"audio": "re/remind/reminding__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "mid 17th cent.: from re- ‘again’ + the verb mind, probably suggested by obsolete rememorate, in the same sense."
}