remember
- remind
‘remember’
If you remember people or events from the past, your mind still has an impression of them and you are able to think about them.
I remember the look on Gary's face as he walked out the door.
He remembered the man well.
You can use either an -ing form or a to-infinitive after remember, but with different meanings. If your mind has an impression of something you did in the past, you say that you remember doing it.
I remember asking one of my sons about this.
If you do something that you had intended to do, you can say that you remember to do it.
He remembered to turn the gas off.
‘remind’
If you mention to someone that they had intended to do something, don't say that you ‘remember’ them to do it. Say that you remind them to do it.
➜ See remind