remind
Americanverb (used with object)
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reminds,
present (3rd person singular)
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reminded,
past participle, past
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reminding
present participle
verb
Other Word Forms
Derived Forms
Inflected Forms
Participles
Conjugated Forms
Present
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remindsimple
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remindssimple
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have remindedperfect
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has remindedperfect
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am remindingprogressive
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are remindingprogressive
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is remindingprogressive
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have been remindingperfect progressive
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has been remindingperfect progressive
Past
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remindedsimple
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had remindedperfect
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was remindingprogressive
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were remindingprogressive
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had been remindingperfect progressive
Future
Etymology
Origin of remind
Explanation
To remind is to cause someone to remember, as when George Orwell writes, "The aim of a joke is not to degrade the human being, but to remind him that he is already degraded." In remind, which appears in the early 17th century, the re-, of course, means "again," so the word can be thought of as "to mind again," or "think again," meaning to put something in someone's mind, to make them remember.
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Example Sentences
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It also propelled Parton into a level of fame beyond country music, where she could remind the world again and again that, like so many people, “I look one way and am another.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026
These are small, homogenous countries with “high social trust,” which, their experts are first to remind you, the U.S. isn’t.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 25, 2026
At one point, Middleton told Dombrowski to remind Fuld that he could take it a little easier in class.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 24, 2026
For now, though, I think they will remind us of how good they were last season.
From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026
I remind myself again that there’s a lot more to me than my anxiety.
From "Popcorn" by Rob Harrell
He also reminds me that I will likely inherit substantial assets when he and my mother are gone — my best guess is somewhere between $1 million and $2 million.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 29, 2026
She makes her family come alive in her jokes and reminds us all that we’re living the same life dealing with kids, dating and everyday struggles.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026
"It reminds me of Covid," Djamila, a Parisian retiree said in late June, as city residents sheltered indoors from the heat.
From Barron's ● Aug. 25, 2026
Emily, a mother in Scotland, says the trend reminds her of the "Momo Challenge", a notorious internet hoax and digital urban legend.
From BBC ● Aug. 23, 2026
But it reminds me that we can’t stay here much longer.
From "The Tenth Mistake of Hank Hooperman" by Gennifer Choldenko
As the late British economist John Maynard Keynes reminded us, trees do not grow to the sky.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 29, 2026
But he may find it harder to avoid questions about providing more financial support for the Stormont Executive and he will be reminded of something else he told delegates at the Alliance conference.
From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2026
The Rolling Stones famously reminded us that you can’t always get what you want.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 25, 2026
I was reminded of the reality TV show “Nailed It!,” in which amateur bakers fail spectacularly to reproduce complex cakes.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 20, 2026
But, I reminded myself, the Sons of Liberty hadn’t chosen this disguise to be accurate, or even to be political; they’d chosen this disguise to identify themselves as being American—not British.
From "Glitch" by Laura Martin
OpenAI is also introducing regular reminders for young people to take a break from using the tool, reminding them ChatGPT is AI, and saying "it can wait".
From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2026
Stop reminding us August is almost in the rearview.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026
A lot of it was just reminding myself, “You don’t know what this is, she doesn’t know what this is.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2026
"I'm identifying people's needs, especially those of the children, and reminding them about the signs of dehydration," said Marie Decroix as she moved among the families, jotting down notes.
From Barron's ● Jul. 25, 2026
The entire time Cat sampled, his hand stayed steady on her shoulder, like he was reminding Cat that he was there.
From "Caterpillar Summer" by Gillian McDunn
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