{
    "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."
}