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REMINDER
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
An experience that causes you to remember something
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("reminder" is a kind of...):
experience (the content of direct observation or participation in an event)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "reminder"):
deja vu (the experience of thinking that a new situation had occurred before)
memento; souvenir (a reminder of past events)
memento mori (a reminder (as a death's head) of your mortality)
shades ((plural) something that reminds you of someone or something)
Derivation:
remind (put in the mind of someone)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A message that helps you remember something
Example:
he ignored his wife's reminders
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("reminder" is a kind of...):
content; message; subject matter; substance (what a communication that is about something is about)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "reminder"):
phylactery; tefillin ((Judaism) either of two small leather cases containing texts from the Hebrew Scriptures (known collectively as tefillin); traditionally worn (on the forehead and the left arm) by Jewish men during morning prayer)
Derivation:
remind (put in the mind of someone)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Someone who gives a warning so that a mistake can be avoided
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("reminder" is a kind of...):
defender; guardian; protector; shielder (a person who cares for persons or property)
Context examples:
For, as quick to hear her sobbing as she had been to hear her sister's faintest whisper, her mother came to comfort her, not with words only, but the patient tenderness that soothes by a touch, tears that were mute reminders of a greater grief than Jo's, and broken whispers, more eloquent than prayers, because hopeful resignation went hand-in-hand with natural sorrow.
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
“Your employer, you know,” said Mr. Dick, jogging his arm as a gentle reminder.
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
Mars will be outstandingly supportive to this full moon, so if you are owed a sum, start to send out reminder statements at the start of the month—you may see the funds come in within five days of the full moon, February 8-9.
(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)
Conversing with her, and hearing her sing, was such a delightful reminder to me of my happy life in the grave old house she had made so beautiful, that I could have remained there half the night; but, having no excuse for staying any longer, when the lights of Mr. Waterbrook's society were all snuffed out, I took my leave very much against my inclination.
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
