memento
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- noun
- /məˈmɛnˌtoʊ/
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recuerdo
- And to you, Miss O'Shaughnessy, I leave the rara avis on the table there... as a little memento.
- family mementos
- memento mori
Thought you might enjoy this memento of the occasion.
- Thought you might enjoy this memento of the occasion.
- You see, you do see serial killers keeping mementos, keeping trophies.
- As long as you have a rich present, you don't need the mementos from the past.
- These marginalia served as nostalgic mementos of the glorious literary literary culture of the Lost North.
- What did you take from Germany, like the little possessions, memento that you took up to space?
Examples
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Keep this as a memento of our last date.
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So to commemorate this trip to Boston, we thought about presenting you with a memento from the New England Revolution.
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Thought you might enjoy this memento of the occasion.
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I thought I'd keep them as a memento of our journey.
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The last tender memento of our Venetian honeymoon.
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The items shown here are just some examples of items marathoners keep as mementos from their races.
Academic text (2013) -
Take a break to browse scrapbooks, letters, photo albums, or other mementos of your past.
Academic text (2010) -
Keep this as a memento of our last date.
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I want you to have this as a memento of our time together.
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To jog your memory, find some photos or other mementos from good times past.
Synonyms
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2.3
A small object kept to remember a place or event, often bought while traveling
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3.4
A small object kept to remember a person or event
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3.9
An object kept to remind you of a person, place, or event
Compounds
How Sentimental
Surface Forms
Etymology
Memento comes from a Latin command memento meaning 'remember' and is related to the English word memory, so a memento is something you keep to help you 'remember' a person or event.