Remind
verbTo cause someone to remember something or to bring a fact back to their attention.
How to spell remind
6 letters · 2 syllables
How to pronounce remind
Say the part in capitals loudest.
What does remind mean?
- verbTo cause someone to remember something or to bring a fact back to their attention.
Remind in a sentence
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Please remind me to renew the parking permit before Friday.
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The calendar alert will remind staff about the budget meeting.
Where does remind come from?
Language of origin: Germanic
Remind is a relatively young English word, first recorded in the middle of the 1600s. It was built inside English itself by joining the prefix 're-', meaning 'again' or 'back', to the verb 'mind', which in earlier English meant 'to bring to memory' or 'to attend to'. The root 'mind' traces back to the Old English 'gemynd', meaning 'memory' or 'thought', which in turn descends from an ancient Indo-European root that also gave Latin its 'mens' (mind) and the verb 'meminisse' (to remember). So to remind someone is literally to put a thought back into their mind. The simple two-part build is a useful spelling cue: there is no hidden double letter, just 're' fixed straight onto the familiar word 'mind'.
How the word is built
- re- (again)
- mind (to bring to memory)
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