reminds

Reminds is the third-person singular present tense of remind. The verb means to cause someone to remember something or to draw a person’s attention to something so that they will think about it or take action. Remind can apply to people, groups, or situations in which memory or action is prompted.

Remind is transitive and typically takes a person as the object and either a thing or an action as the reminder. Common patterns include remind someone of something (to bring a memory or association to mind), remind someone to do something (to prompt an action), and remind someone that-clause (to make someone aware of a fact). Examples: “That photo reminds me of our trip.” “Please remind me to call him.” “The memo reminds the team that the deadline is today.” The passive form is also used: “They were reminded to submit the report.”

In contrast to remember, which means to recall information from one’s own memory, remind denotes external prompting or prompting of another person’s memory. It often implies a potential obligation or expected action, rather than an act of private recollection.

Etymology and development: remind derives from re- meaning again, plus mind, with the sense of bringing something back to memory or attention. The term has long been part of English, evolving through ordinary usage rather than as a separate technical term.

In modern usage, remind also appears in technology and daily life as a function or feature that issues reminders or notifications to perform tasks, such as calendar alerts or reminder apps.