remembrance

Other forms of remembrance

plural

remembrances·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about remembrance

What does remembrance mean?

remembrance means "the ability to recall past occurrences". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in remembrance?

remembrance has 3 syllables: re-mem-brance. The stress falls on "mem". In IPA it is /ɹiˈmɛmbɹəns/.

What is another word for remembrance?

Close synonyms include recollection, anamnesis, memorial, commemoration. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is remembrance a common word?

remembrance is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.