relive
Americanverb (used with object)
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relives,
present (3rd person singular)
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relived,
past participle, past
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reliving
present participle
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to experience again, as an emotion.
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to live (one's life) again.
verb (used without object)
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relives,
present (3rd person singular)
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relived,
past participle, past
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reliving
present participle
verb
Other Word Forms
Derived Forms
Inflected Forms
Participles
Conjugated Forms
Present
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relivesimple
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relivessimple
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have relivedperfect
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has relivedperfect
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am relivingprogressive
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are relivingprogressive
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is relivingprogressive
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have been relivingperfect progressive
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has been relivingperfect progressive
Past
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relivedsimple
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had relivedperfect
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was relivingprogressive
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were relivingprogressive
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had been relivingperfect progressive
Future
Etymology
Origin of relive
Example Sentences
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"I just had to relive it all over again and it's horrible," added Sweet, from the Vale of Glamorgan.
From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2026
If you joined the party during the reign of the Twilight Singers, this won’t sound drastically different; if you ignored the Twilight Singers but were waiting to relive “Gentlemen,” too bad.
From Salon ● Aug. 25, 2026
It was too low, too unwavering in its path to be anything but a missile, and the two men relive the moments with anxiety.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 20, 2026
Twenty-five years after “Is This It,” the Strokes are as big as they’ve ever been — and not just among old heads eager to relive the wasted glamour of the early-2000s garage rock revival.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 27, 2026
I’m not sure I could bear to relive the stupid, awful things I’ve done, to hear the words I said in spite, to remember the look on Tom’s face as I said them.
From "The Girl on the Train" by Paula Hawkins
He relives the disaster for the children and grandchildren of those miners, who visit him to understand their family history.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 26, 2026
And he relives his glory days, this time as the starting quarterback for the fictional South Georgia Catfish.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 30, 2025
And don’t be surprised if he provides this fan base with a collection of ninth-inning heroics that posterity relives for decades to come.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 23, 2023
She relives part of it, night after night.
From New York Times ● Jul. 12, 2023
In other words, the song relives and retells the experiences of a child in another century and makes her story highly relatable to us today.
From "Music and the Child" by Natalie Sarrazin
“Over the course of many weeks during three separate trials, she relived unthinkably painful experiences in front of complete strangers,” said Bragg.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 15, 2026
The victim was quiet in a different way - speaking softly and with dignity as she relived events from 23 years ago.
From BBC ● Apr. 17, 2026
This was only Chelsea's third clean sheet in 12 matches and boss Enzo Maresca was relived to emerge unscathed for once.
From Barron's ● Nov. 1, 2025
It is relived daily through stories passed down, names found in tribunal transcripts and artifacts pulled from mass graves.
From Salon ● Jul. 31, 2025
I felt my face turning red as I relived it.
From "Popcorn" by Rob Harrell
That procedure, they argued, would result in “Christa involuntarily reliving the worst moments of her life, much like traumatized soldiers when they return from a war zone.”
From Slate ● Aug. 25, 2026
She said the case resonated because people felt like they were "reliving the grief with the family".
From BBC ● Aug. 8, 2026
By interrupting the repeated nighttime reliving of trauma, the treatment allowed many of them to sleep more peacefully.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 6, 2026
But it hasn’t stopped her from reliving it all.
From Salon ● May 27, 2026
She kept reliving the moment when the wagon almost flipped, when she was drowning in the sticky darkness.
From "I Survived the Great Molasses Flood, 1919" by Lauren Tarshis
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