mem·o·ra·ble

(mĕm′ər-ə-bəl)

adj.

Worth being remembered or noted; remarkable: "One afternoon ... something memorable occurred, all the more stunning because it was so accidental, and unexpected, and embarrassing" (Willie Morris).

[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin memorābilis, from memorāre, to bring to remembrance, from memor, mindful; see (s)mer- in Indo-European roots.]

mem′o·ra·bil′i·ty n.

mem′o·ra·bly adv.

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memorable

(ˈmɛmərəbəl; ˈmɛmrə-)

adj

worth remembering or easily remembered; noteworthy

[C15: from Latin memorābilis, from memorāre to recall, from memor mindful]

ˌmemoraˈbility, ˈmemorableness n

ˈmemorably adv

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mem•o•ra•ble

(ˈmɛm ər ə bəl)

adj.

1. worth remembering; notable: a memorable speech.

2. easily remembered.

[1400–50; < Latin memorābilis worth mentioning =memorā(re) to mention + -bilis -ble]

mem`o•ra•bil′i•ty, mem′o•ra•ble•ness, n.

mem′o•ra•bly, adv.

ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Adj.

memorable - worth remembering

unforgettable - impossible to forget

memorable

adjective noteworthy, celebrated, impressive, historic, important, special, striking, famous, significant, signal, extraordinary, remarkable, distinguished, haunting, notable, timeless, unforgettable, momentous, illustrious, catchy, indelible, unfading a memorable performance
ordinary, commonplace, insignificant, unimportant, undistinguished, forgettable, unimpressive, unmemorable

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Translations

جَدير بالذِّكْر

památný

mindeværdig

emlékezetes

eftirminnilegur

memorabile

įsimintinas

neaizmirstams

nepozaben

memorable

[ˈmemərəbl] ADJ → memorable

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memorable

[ˈmɛmərəb^əl] adj → mémorable

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memorable

adj → unvergesslich; (= important) → denkwürdig; on one memorable occasion he/she … → unvergesslich bleibt, wie er/sie einmal …; the play was not at all memorable → das Stück kann man vergessen

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memorable

[ˈmɛm/ərəbl] adj (day) → memorabile; (beauty) → notevole

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memorable

(ˈmemərəbl) adjective

worthy of being remembered. a memorable event.

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References in classic literature

CONTAINING THE MOST MEMORABLE TRANSACTIONS WHICH PASSED IN THE FAMILY OF MR ALLWORTHY, FROM THE TIME WHEN TOMMY JONES ARRIVED AT THE AGE OF FOURTEEN, TILL HE ATTAINED THE AGE OF NINETEEN.

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Pickwick, though able to sustain a very considerable amount of exertion and fatigue, was not proof against such a combination of attacks as he had undergone on the memorable night, recorded in the last chapter.

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Their poetry, however, is scarcely memorable. Only one great name stands between them and the poets of the T`ang dynasty -- the name of T`ao Ch`ien (A.D.

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During that memorable month I basked in the happiness of being for once in my life drifting with the tide of a great popular movement.

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It brought me a letter from my mother-in-law, which added one more to the memorable dates in my domestic calendar.

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Such was the position of the tenant, and such were the arrangements of the interior of the cottage, on the memorable evening when Anne Silvester entered it as Geoffrey's wife.

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I admit that I was absorbed by the distant view, so absorbed that I didn't notice then that the motif of the story is almost identical with the motif of "The Lagoon." However, the idea at the back is very different; but the story is mainly made memorable to me by the fact that it was my first contribution to "Blackwood's Magazine" and that it led to my personal acquaintance with Mr.

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That was a memorable day to me, for it made great changes in me.

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"Since the memorable adventure of the fulling mills," said Don Quixote, "I have never seen Sancho in such a fright as now; were I as superstitious as others his abject fear would cause me some little trepidation of spirit.

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And, remembering, I knew that I was at last a man--despite my meagre fourteen years--a man as big and manly as those two strapping giants who had quarrelled and made up on that memorable Sunday morning of long ago.

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The morning, which is the most memorable season of the day, is the awakening hour.

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It was already the beginning of June when on his return journey he drove into the birch forest where the gnarled old oak had made so strange and memorable an impression on him.

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