reminder
Americannoun
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reminders
plural
noun
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something that recalls the past
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a note to remind a person of something not done
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of reminder
Explanation
A reminder helps you remember something. If you write "don't forget lunch" on your arm every morning, it means you need a reminder to grab your brown paper bag on your way out the door. A reminder helps you remember, whether it's an appointment, an acquaintance's name, or a grocery list. You can give yourself a reminder, or write one to another person who's prone to forgetting details. The word's been around since the 1650s, and it came from remind, which originally meant "to remember." Later, remind came to mean "to make someone remember," or "to put someone in mind of something."
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Example Sentences
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Here is a reminder that not everything about artificial intelligence concerns the race for market share or which AI agent went rogue.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026
He said it was a fun activity but it was also an important reminder of the fragility of food security in the islands.
From BBC ● Sep. 8, 2026
It’s another reminder of the diminishing trust in today’s job market, like the questionable future of the cover letter.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 5, 2026
In the early days, Brust and Wray stamped every JonnyPops stick with a reminder to do a simple “kind deed.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 5, 2026
I don’t need a reminder of what’s coming for me.
From "Wayward Creatures" by Dayna Lorentz
Walk through the grounds of the Sudan National Museum and the reminders of the civil war’s devastating impact on this country’s cultural history seem everywhere.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2026
Booking.com said it had "visible reminders to not click on links customers are not confident about, and booking confirmations also provide further guidance, including details of the agreed payment schedule".
From BBC ● Sep. 2, 2026
"Early test results show that once teens set the reminders, more than 90% of them keep them on," the blog post says.
From Barron's ● Aug. 25, 2026
The student-friendly experience is automatically implemented and includes homework help, break reminders and stronger guardrails against emotional dependence.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 20, 2026
They were reminders of a beloved season that had once again passed too quickly.
From "The Kite Runner" by Khaled Hosseini
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
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