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Remembered For: Standard Pattern

Remembered For: Standard Pattern records a directly documented English construction and keeps guidance bounded to the evidenced pattern rather than turning one attested complement into a universal prohibition.

Quick answer

Use “remembered for” to identify the thing, action, or achievement for which someone or something remains known.

Key details

Confusion Familyusage-construction
Rule Familyadjective or complement construction
Termsremembered for

Further guidance

Construction

Use “remembered for” to identify the thing, action, or achievement for which someone or something remains known.

Style Boundary

The documented idiom concerns being known for something from the past; “remember” has other senses and complement patterns that are outside this page.

Sources and evidence

Sources are shown with the role they play in this guide. Historical or style-sensitive claims are kept within the evidence boundary described above.

  1. Remember — Oxford Advanced Learner’s Dictionary (opens in a new tab)Oxford University Press · Direct dictionary idiom evidence for “be (best) remembered for something”

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