Thinking and knowing

Synonyms for remember

Two senses of remember live in the word bank, and they take different synonyms. The sentence under each one is what tells them apart.

Tier 1, Foothills · 2 senses · verb · Reason line included

Sense 1 of 2verbTier 1, FoothillsThinking and knowing

recall knowledge from memory

Try to remember where you left the keys.

The sentence the app shows, and the only thing that settles which meaning is meant.

The true synonym

think

Same sentence, swapped: Try to think where you left the keys.

Close but different

These are the other three tiles the game puts on screen for this sense. Each one is a real word with a real meaning, and none of them is a synonym for remember as it is used in the sentence above.

commend
commemorate
forget

Sense 2 of 2verbTier 3, RidgelineThinking and knowing

call to remembrance

Remember the dead of the First World War.

The sentence the app shows, and the only thing that settles which meaning is meant.

The true synonym

commemorate

Same sentence, swapped: Commemorate the dead of the First World War.

Close but different

think
mourn
mind

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Closest first: other thinking and knowing words at Foothills, then the same tier across the rest of the library.

bearverbstandput up with something or somebody unpleasantFoothills2 sensesHas a reason line believeverbthinkjudge or regardFoothills2 sensesHas a reason line bothernounpainsomething or someone that causes troubleFoothills brandnounmakea recognizable kindFoothillsHas a reason line thornnounirritantsomething that causes irritation and annoyanceHigh Camp tightnessnounconstrictiona tight feeling in some part of the bodyHigh CampHas a reason line trapnounsnaresomething (often something deceptively attractive) that catches you unawaresRidgeline depressedadjectivedownlower than previouslyFoothills

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