REMINISCE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does reminisce mean? 

• REMINISCE (verb)
  The verb REMINISCE has 1 sense:

1. recall the past

  Familiarity information: REMINISCE used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• REMINISCE (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they reminisce    ... he / she / it reminisces   
Past simple: reminisced   
Past participle: reminisced   
-ing form: reminiscing   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Recall the past

Classified under:

Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting

Context example:

The grandparents sat there, reminiscing all afternoon

Hypernyms (to "reminisce" is one way to...):

remember; think back (recapture the past; indulge in memories)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP

Derivation:

reminiscence (the process of remembering (especially the process of recovering information by mental effort))

reminiscence (a mental impression retained and recalled from the past)

reminiscent (serving to bring to mind)

 Context examples 

People often engage in reminiscing about past events during their everyday lives, sometimes as a strategy for lifting their mood when they feel sad.

(Recalling happy memories during adolescence can reduce risk of depression, University of Cambridge)

They drank healths, told stories, sang songs, 'reminisced', as the old folks say, and had a thoroughly good time.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)