reminisce
verb /ˌremɪˈnɪs/
/ˌremɪˈnɪs/
[intransitive]Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they reminisce | /ˌremɪˈnɪs/ /ˌremɪˈnɪs/ |
| he / she / it reminisces | /ˌremɪˈnɪsɪz/ /ˌremɪˈnɪsɪz/ |
| past simple reminisced | /ˌremɪˈnɪst/ /ˌremɪˈnɪst/ |
| past participle reminisced | /ˌremɪˈnɪst/ /ˌremɪˈnɪst/ |
| -ing form reminiscing | /ˌremɪˈnɪsɪŋ/ /ˌremɪˈnɪsɪŋ/ |
- reminisce (about something/somebody) to think, talk or write about a happy time in your past
- We spent a happy evening reminiscing about the past.
Word Originearly 19th cent.: back-formation from reminiscence.