reminder English · revision 7651

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /ɹɪˈmaɪndə(ɹ)/ ''(UK)''; /ɹɪˈmaɪndəɹ/ ''(US)''^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is formed [[af|en|remind|-er]].^(Etymonline)^(MWU 2024)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Something which reminds, a mention to make one remember: 1653 in the OED, the 1650s in Etymonline.^(OED 1989)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ A 17th-century writer also had remindless, forgetful.^(Etymonline) In pathology the plural was used for secondary symptoms of syphilis in 1897.^(OED 1989) A note to remind a person of something not done is a common modern sense.^(Collins 2023)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 1653 – something that reminds.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1897 – in pathology.^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Modern meaning==

+ ===Noun===

+ # Something that makes one [[remember]] or recall the past.^(OED 1989)^(Collins 2023)

+ # A note to remind a person of something not yet done.^(Collins 2023)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[remind]]

+ * [[mind]]

+ * [[memory]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}