remembrance
part of speech
noun (remembrance — usually no plural)
meaning for a pupil
1) The act of remembering someone or something, especially people who have died. tree →
2) Something that helps you remember, like a gift or a memorial. tree →
sense in the lessons
In history and citizenship, Remembrance Day (Remembrance Sunday in the UK, also Armistice Day; Anzac Day in Australia and New Zealand; Veterans Day in the USA) honours soldiers who died in wars, with a two-minute silence and red poppies, in November. Phrases: «in remembrance of», «Remembrance Day», «a minute's silence in remembrance».
examples
- We wore red poppies for Remembrance Day. tree →
- The class stood in silence in remembrance of the soldiers. tree →
- The tree was planted in remembrance of our old headteacher. tree →
- A remembrance service was held at the war memorial. tree →
- Grandma keeps his watch as a remembrance. tree →
- The names on the memorial are there in remembrance. tree →
- Poppies are a symbol of remembrance. tree →
- We lit a candle in remembrance of Grandad. tree →
- The remembrance of his dream troubled him greatly. tree →
note
Usually uncountable. Spelling trap: «rememBRance» — the e of «remember» drops: remember → remembrance (not «rememberance»). The holiday name takes a capital: Remembrance Day.
In the corpora
- During a minute's silence, as on Remembrance Day or Anzac Day, you stand still and stay completely silent.
- Remembrance Day on 11 November marks the end of the First World War in 1918, and people wear red poppies.
- Put Me in remembrance, let us plead together; declare thou, that thou mayest be justified.
- For in death there is no remembrance of Thee; in the nether-world who will give Thee thanks?
- The face of the LORD is against them that do evil, to cut off the remembrance of them from the earth.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «remembrance» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.