remembrance
remembrance — noun
1. the act of intentionally calling a deceased person or a significant past occasio
the act of intentionally calling a deceased person or a significant past occasion to mind, usually as a gesture of honour or respect
Every year on Remembrance Day, Saira places a red poppy on her grandfather's grave.
A bronze statue stands in remembrance of the nurses who died in the war.
collocation: 'in remembrance of' + [person/group]
Crowds held a moment of silence for the remembrance of the firefighter lost that night.
The entire town gathered for a remembrance ceremony for those lost at sea.
- commemoration
more public and event-focused; a commemoration is an official ceremony, while remembrance is a quieter mental act
- memorial
a physical object or event that serves to remember; a memorial is concrete (statue, service), whereas remembrance is the act itself
- tribute
focuses on the expression of respect or praise, which can be through words or actions, not just the act of remembering
- oblivion
the state of being forgotten or no longer remembered
文法句型
in remembrance of [person/event]
remembrance of [person/event]
用法筆記
Frequently appears in the fixed phrase 'in remembrance of,' which introduces the honoree. This sense is uncountable and used in ceremonial or formal contexts only — not for casual remembering.
常見錯誤
2. something from the past that you are able to bring back into your mind; a person
something from the past that you are able to bring back into your mind; a personal memory that may be clear or unclear
Andrew shared a childhood remembrance of building treehouses along the river with his older brother.
The old photograph stirred a vague remembrance of summer afternoons spent at his aunt's farm.
vague remembrance of [something]
Pim had only a faint remembrance of the song his mother sang before bed.
Nellie's earliest remembrance of the city was the noise of trains passing just beyond the market.
- memory
the everyday word for something recalled from the past; less formal and more common than 'remembrance'
- recollection
suggests a deliberate effort to bring a memory to mind, whereas remembrance can be a spontaneous or vague memory
- reminiscence
often a warm, fond memory of a past time, and typically used in plural ('reminiscences')
- forgetfulness
the state of no longer being able to recall something
文法句型
remembrance of [past event/thing]
用法筆記
Countable when referring to a specific recollection ('a childhood remembrance'); uncountable when used more generally ('lost in quiet remembrance'). This sense is more literary and formal than the everyday word 'memory' — in casual speech, 'memory' is preferred.