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From the M-W Editors
reminisce was our Word of the Day on 02/03/2016. Hear the podcast!
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Examples of reminisce in a Sentence
Ray pauses to point out the Whisky a Go Go, on Sunset Boulevard, and reminisces about the night Elvis Presley went there to see the Kinks play. —David Wild, Rolling Stone, 13 May 1993
When relatives reminisce about my great-grandfather, they almost always precede it with some reference to his affection for me. —Donna Tartt, Harper's, July 1992
We had apple fritters, roast chicken, an enormous lunch, with Mrs. Truman talkative, easy, and the President reminiscing and telling jokes. —Lady Bird Johnson, 2 Sept. 1965,A White House Diary, 1970
He reminisced with old buddies at his high school reunion.
She reminisced about her time in Europe.
Recent Examples of reminisce from the Web
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Rodolff said the two have probably been in touch more during the last five years, whether reminiscing or helping someone out with information.
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That spirit of generosity is a hallmark of the Alumni Association of the University of Michigan, whose 100,000 members do much more than get together to reminisce about their college days.
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Koch said Saturday, reminiscing about the first seminar in 2003.
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But more than 300 former employees gathered in 2007 in Kansas City for a reunion to reminisce about the company’s glory days.
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Father's Day is Sunday, so why not have the son of sports' most frequent headline-grabbing father reminisce about his dad?
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Morrow, meanwhile, reminisced about his days at Jefferson.
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His friends still brag about that night like middle-aged men reminiscing about college.
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Each writer reminisces about growing up in a household in which a mother (or grandmother) held an influential role in the cultural education of the children.
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What Comes to Mind When Thinking of reminisce?
Reminisce and its relative reminiscence come from the mind—that is to say, they come from the Latin word for "mind," which is mens. A root related to mens teamed up with the prefix re- to create the Latin verb reminisci ("to remember"), an ancestor of both words. Reminisce is one of several English verbs starting with re- that mean "to bring an image or idea from the past into the mind." Others in this group include remember, recall, remind, and recollect. Reminisce distinguishes itself from the others by implying a casual recalling of experiences long past, often with a sense of nostalgia.
Origin and Etymology of reminisce
back-formation from reminiscence
Synonym Discussion of reminisce
REMINISCE Defined for English Language Learners
reminisce
playDefinition of reminisce for English Language Learners
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: to talk, think, or write about things that happened in the past
REMINISCE Defined for Kids
reminisce
playDefinition of reminisce for Students
reminisced
;reminiscing
: to talk or think about things in the past
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