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re·mem·brance
 remembrance
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- pronunciation:
- rih
mem
br
 ns
- features:
- Word Combinations (noun), Word Parts
| part of speech: |
noun |
| definition 1: |
the act or process of remembering.
- synonyms:
- memory, recall, recollection, reminiscence
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| definition 2: |
the state or condition of being remembered.
- synonyms:
- memory
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| definition 3: |
an idea or memory that is held in the mind.
- synonyms:
- memory, recollection, reminiscence
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| definition 4: |
the period of time encompassed by one's memory.
- synonyms:
- memory
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| definition 5: |
a token of one's affection; memento.
- synonyms:
- keepsake, memento, relic, reminder, souvenir, token
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| related words: |
favor, memento, memory, mind |
adjective + (n.)remembrance
annual, collective, constant, fond, grateful, loving, partial, permanent, photographic, poignant, sacred, silent, solemn, sweet, vague, worthy
verb + (n.)remembrance
dedicate, deserve, evoke, inspire, interiorize, light, observe, prompt, share
(n.)remembrance
+ verb
float, honor
noun + (n.)remembrance
act,
commission,
curse,
essay,
ethics,
famine,
fence,
funeral,
gesture,
gift,
herb,
memory,
miniseries,
mourning,
prayer,
rite,
service,
symbol,
tear,
unity,
volume,
war
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The word remembrance
contains the following parts:
memor, member, membr
Latin
root
that means memory
  Example words:
- synonyms:
- mne, mnes, mnest
-ance, -ence, -ency, -ancy
Latin
noun-forming suffix
that means state, quality, or act of
More about this word part:
The suffix group -ance
, -ence
, -ency
, -ancy
attaches to verbs and Latin verb stems to create nouns. The suffix -ance
is usually attached to whole English words, whereas -ence
is usually attached to roots: compare eloquence
and acceptance
. For most nouns ending in -ance
, -ence
, -ency
, -ancy
, there is a correponsponding adjective form ending in -ant, -ent.
Example words:
absence, acceptance, accountancy, admittance, agency, ambiance, ambience, appetency, arrogance, ascendancy, attendance, audience, belligerency, benevolence, brilliancy, buoyancy, cadence, clemency, complacency, conference, confidence, consequence, conservancy, consistency, constancy, constituency, contingency, counterinsurgency, countertendency, currency, decency, deficiency, delinquency, dependency, despondency, difference, disappearance, discrepancy, disturbance, efficiency, eloquence, emergency, equivalency, excellency, exigency, expectancy, expediency, fluency, frequency, hesitancy, importance, incoherency, inconsistency, incumbency, indecency, independence, independency, inefficiency, infancy, insufficiency, insurgency, interagency, interdependency, itinerancy, latency, leniency, malfeasance, malignancy, mendicancy, nonbelligerency, nonemergency, occupancy, occurrence, patency, permanency, piquancy, poignancy, potency, preference, pregnancy, presidency, proficiency, pungency, redundancy, regency, remembrance, residence, residency, science, solvency, stringency, subagency, sufficiency, superefficiency, superintendency, tenancy, tendency, transparency, urgency, vacancy, vagrancy
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