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to reminisce

to reminisce

50 5.8
To think or talk about happy times from the past
  • verb
  • /ˌrɛmɪˈnɪs/
translation icon : rememorar
  • During the reunion, the classmates shared stories and reminisced about their high school years.
  • reminisce about childhood
  • reminisce with friends
  • reminisce with old friends

And do you reminisce on on your past work?

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Examples

  • Today, we're going to do a little reminiscing about what YouTube used to be like.

  • Instead, they're reminiscing about how things were when they last worked a minimum wage job.

  • When you sit around and reminisce with friends, often times it's not just like some big event happened.

    Lex Fridman

  • And it's hard for me to even look back and reminisce about what I was like.

    IMPAULSIVE

  • My father reminisces about his childhood growing up in Ireland.

    Redemption (2020)

  • Throughout the movie, Frank frequently reminisces about the highlights of his criminal career, but only occasionally about his children.

    Academic text (2017)

  • Sitting at her dining room table reminiscing, she recalls the simple goal that got it all started.

    Academic text (2004)

  • We could sit all day reminiscing and still not have touched one hundredth of our lives.

    Fiction book (1997)

  • He reminisces about when they, you know, went sightseeing together.

    Ed Mylett

  • My father often reminisces about his childhood vacations at the beach.

Synonyms

to remember
vsto reminisce
∞ 1.0

To think about something from the past

highlights pleasure and sharing memories with others rather than mere recall
to recall
vsto reminisce
∞ 2.4

Remember something from the past

centres on enjoying and talking about pleasant past experiences
to look back
vsto reminisce
323 2.6

Think about the past, especially a time you remember

focuses on pleasure and talking about specific happy past events
to relive
vsto reminisce
107 3.7

Feel or imagine a past event again in your mind

involves softer remembering and often talking about pleasant moments
to think back
vsto reminisce
92 1.9

Remember things that happened in the past

focuses on pleasant memory and often includes talking about them
to recollect
vsto reminisce
20 3.7

To remember something from the past

is about recalling pleasant past events and sometimes speaking about them
to reminisce about
vsto reminisce
16 5.3

To remember and talk about happy past events

is the same meaning but adds a following preposition in usage
to retrace
vsto reminisce
12 4.4

To think back over the events or steps that led to something

prefers fond social storytelling rather than careful reconstruction of events
to cast one's mind back
vsto reminisce
2 6.3

Think about something that happened in the past to remember it

is used when recalling pleasant experiences often while talking
to re-experience
vsto reminisce
5.5

To feel a past event or emotion again

uses gentler recall and usually focuses on pleasure and conversation

Phrasal Verbs

to reminisce about
16 5.3

To remember and talk about happy past events

How Pleasant

to reminisce
50 5.8
to remember
∞ 1.0
to think back
92 1.9

Surface Forms

reminisce infinitive
reminiscing present participle
reminisces third person singular
reminisced past
reminisced past participle

Etymology

The word reminisce comes from Latin parts re- 'again' and meminisse 'to remember', and it is related to English words like memory and remember. A helpful way to think of it is 'visiting your memories again', which is why to reminisce means to think or talk about enjoyable times from the past.