remember

v.

1) (B; colloq. the direct object is always a personal pronoun) please remember me to your family ('please give my regards to your family')

2) (D; tr.) to remember as (I remember him as a young man)

3) (D; tr.) to remember of (what do you remember of them?)

4) (E) she remembered to buy a newspaper

5) (G) she remembered buying the newspaper

6) (J) I remember him being very generous

7) (K) I remember his being very generous

8) (L) she remembered that she had an appointment

9) (Q) I could not remember how to open the safe

USAGE NOTE: The sentence she didn't remember to buy a newspaper means 'she forgot to buy a newspaper'. The sentence she didn't remember buying a newspaper means 'she had no memory of buying a newspaper', whether she bought one or not.

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[rɪ'membə]

(E) she remembered to buy a newspaper

(G) she remembered buying the newspaper

(J) I remember him being very generous

(K) I remember his being very generous

(L) she remembered that she had an appointment

(B; colloq. the direct object is always a personal pronoun) please remember me to your family ('please give my regards to your family')

(D; tr.) to remember as (I remember him as a young man)

(Q) (USAGE NOTE: The sentence she didn't remember to buy a newspaper means 'she forgot to buy a newspaper'. The sentence she didn't remember buying a newspaper means 'she had no memory of buying a newspaper', whether she bought one or not.)

(D; tr.) to remember of (what do you remember of them?)