reminiscerem‧i‧nisce /ˌreməˈnɪs/ verb [intransitive] 
Word Origin Examples
a group of former students reminiscing about their college days► see thesaurus at remember
Word OriginWORD ORIGINreminisce
Verb TableOrigin:
1800-1900 reminiscenceVERB TABLE
reminisce
| Simple Form | ||
| Present | I, you, we, they | reminisce |
| he, she, it | reminisces | |
| Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | reminisced |
| Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have reminisced |
| he, she, it | has reminisced | |
| Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had reminisced |
| Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will reminisce |
| Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have reminisced |
| Continuous Form | ||
| Present | I | am reminiscing |
| he, she, it | is reminiscing | |
| you, we, they | are reminiscing | |
| Past | I, he, she, it | was reminiscing |
| you, we, they | were reminiscing | |
| Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been reminiscing |
| he, she, it | has been reminiscing | |
| Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been reminiscing |
| Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be reminiscing |
| Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been reminiscing |
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
Thesaurus- At club meetings, we like to reminisce, remembering old times.
- I used to spend hours listening to my grandfather reminisce about life in the army.
- Lazlo enjoyed reminiscing about his life in Poland before he went to America.
- Back at the car park we had a well earned cuppa and reminisced over another hot day back in 1933.
- For a few seconds, you find yourself reminiscing about rainy afternoons, cookies and milk, naps on the floor.
- He was in Toksu Palace, where he had enjoyed the evening, reminiscing with attendants about the old days.
- Jenny talked about her flying experiences whilst Billie reminisced about the warmth of her native Southern California.
- Jermyn reminisces about a certain woman with whom he once indulged his passion and vanity.
- The entertainment is the pleasure of reminiscing with one's friends and making a couple of witty speeches.
- The retired can squat, smoke, reminisce and grow old and die in familiar, comfortable surroundings.
- You might think about your family and get a warm feeling, but you have to reminisce to feel that way.
THESAURUS► remember
Collocations to form an idea in your mind of people, events, places etc from the past: · I remember Janine – she lived in that house on the corner.· I can’t remember how the film ends.· He remembered meeting her at a party once.
► recall to remember a particular fact, event, or situation, especially in order to tell someone about it: · Can you recall where your husband was that night?· She recalled that he had seemed a strange, lonely man.
► recollect formal to remember an event or situation: · Harry smiled as he recollected the scene.· She tried to recollect what had happened next in her dream.
► memorize to learn facts, a piece of writing or music etc, so that you can remember them later: · He’s trying to memorize his speech.· Don’t write down your PIN number, memorize it.
► think back/look back to think about something that happened in the past: · I thought back to when I was his age.· Looking back, I should have been more patient with her.· We need to stop looking back and start thinking about the future.
► reminisce to talk about pleasant events, people, experiences etc from the past, because you want to remember them or enjoy talking about them: · They were reminiscing about old times.· I used to spend hours listening to my grandfather reminisce.
► bear something in mind to remember something important when you are doing something, because it could affect what you do: · Bear in mind that this is the first time he’s done this.
► something is on the tip of your tongue used to say that you know a word or a name but that you have difficulty remembering it at this exact moment: · His name’s on the tip of my tongue. I’ll think of it in a minute.
► remind somebody of something to make you think of another person, thing, or time, because they are similar: · It reminds me of the time when I first started teaching.· The taste reminded him of school dinners.
Longman Language Activatorto remember someone or something from the past► remember if you remember something that happened, something you did, or someone or something you used to know, the thought of them comes back into your mind: · Do you remember your first day at school?· Oh yes, I remember now. We met him at the last conference, didn't we?· You remember the way to the bathroom, don't you?· Yes, I remember Janine. She lived in that house on the corner, and she had a pet rabbit.remember who/what/where/how: · Can you remember what the man looked like?· I can't remember how the film ends. remember (that): · He remembered that he had felt just the same way when he first started working.remember doing something: · He remembered meeting her at a party once.· Older citizens remember eating soyabeans during the Depression.remember somebody doing something: · I don't remember him being that good at athletics in school.· He remembers Leonard coming home late at night, covered in blood.
► think back/look back especially spoken to think about something that happened in the past because you want to remember it: · She tried to think back and remember exactly what Jim had said.· Thinking back, I should have been more assertive.think back/look back to: · Think back to last year. Look how bad things were then.· When I think back to how it all started, I'm amazed.think back/look back on: · When I look back on those days, it always makes me sad.· When I think back on it now, I realize I expected too much from her.think back five years/two days etc (=try to remember what happened five years, two days etc ago): · I tried to think three years back. Where was it we had met?
► recall to deliberately remember a particular fact, event, or situation from the past in order to tell someone about it, especially in a law court or other official situation: · David recalled an incident that took place in the family home some 12 years previously.· "I didn't like him very much," Kev recalled. "He was arrogant."· As a child, she recalled, her parents had seemed very happy together.recall what/how/when etc: · He didn't like to recall what a disaster his business venture had been.recall that: · I recall that on at least one occasion I saw him taking money from the office.recall doing something: · Howard sighed. He could not recall ever being this tired before.as I recall (=that is what I recall): · The meeting went very well, as I recall.
► recollect to be able to remember something, especially by deliberately trying to remember: · I recognize his face but I can't seem to recollect much about him.· "The lawyers distorted what I wanted to say," recollects Hansen grimly.· I can still recollect every detail of that meeting.recollect who/why/how etc: · Only later did she recollect where she'd seem him before.recollect that: · We have nine children, and I don't recollect that I ever felt the need to hit any of them.recollect doing something: · I do not recollect ever having been to Ohio, although my mother says we went there when I was a child.
► reminisce to talk about pleasant events, people, experiences etc from the past, because you want to remember them or enjoy talking about them: · At club meetings, we like to reminisce, remembering old times.reminisce about: · I used to spend hours listening to my grandfather reminisce about life in the army.· Lazlo enjoyed reminiscing about his life in Poland before he went to America.
► memory something that you remember from the past about a person, place, or experience: · This place holds lots of memories for us.· Now, his experiences were just a painful memory.· We had to write a story about our earliest memory (=the first event you can remember in your life).memory of: · I have lots of happy memories of my time in Japan.bring back memories (=makes someone think of a happy time in the past): · We're playing the old songs that I'm sure will bring back memories for you.
► nostalgia the slightly sad feeling you have when you remember happy things from the past: · There's a mood of nostalgia throughout the whole book.· a bittersweet film of nostalgia and innocencenostalgia for: · Reagan appealed to the average American's sense of nostalgia for a golden age.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADVERB► about
to talk or think about pleasant events in your pastreminisce about· They reminisced about old times, particularly their weeks together at Biarritz.· For a few seconds, you find yourself reminiscing about rainy afternoons, cookies and milk, naps on the floor.· Who are the anglers that people will be able to reminisce about?· Justinette and Cable listed which nightclubs they intended to visit, while Urran reminisced about favourite sites of conquest.· Instead, they are reminiscing about the process of creativity, of production and of distribution, 30 years on.
NOUN► days· There's nothing she likes better than to reminisce about the days when my ... my father was a boy.
a group of former students reminiscing about their college days► see thesaurus at remember