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remember

 
 
/rɪˈmembər/ verb [I, T]

Definition

IN YOUR MIND If you remember a fact or something from the past, you keep it in your mind, or bring it back into your mind: I can't remember his name. [+ doing sth] I don't remember signing a contract. [+ (that)] Just as the door closed he remembered that his keys were inside the room.
TO DO SOMETHING to not forget to do something: [+ to do sth] I must remember to send Carol a birthday card.
(Definition of remember verb from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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