reminisce

[ rem-uh-nis ]

verb (used without object)

, rem·i·nisced, rem·i·nisc·ing.

1. to recall past experiences, events, etc.; indulge in reminiscence.

   Synonyms: muse, recollect, remember

reminisce

/ ˌrɛmɪˈnɪs /

verb

1. intr to talk or write about old times, past experiences, etc

Word History and Origins

Origin of reminisce¹

First recorded in 1820–30; back formation from reminiscence

Example Sentences

Dario Ventura continues the legacy of his dad’s pizza place, a longtime climber hangout in Kentucky’s Red River Gorge area, and reminisces about the sport’s less polished past.

From Outside Online

Besides which, if I start slapping her in the face and spitting on her face because her ex did it, it sort of seems to me that I’m just helping her reminisce over her ex.

From Ozy

People often reminisce about forks in life’s road, though it’s usually a metaphor.

From Popular-Science

Kevin and I reminisced about the early days of affiliate marketing and how some affiliate platforms launched in order to pass direct links and signals for SEO benefit.

From Search Engine Land

After all, there’s nothing quite like home-cooked meals and reminiscing about childhood.

From Ozy

In “Cartoons and Cereal,” he sings, “Reminisce when I had the morning appetite/ Apple Jacks, had nothing that I hit the TV Guide.”

From The Daily Beast

We reminisce about a few of those trips together when I was small.

From The Daily Beast

A generation from now, we will reminisce over this question: Where were you the first time you saw North West?

From The Daily Beast

Just as hip-hop thrives on the dynamic of battling, hip-hop fans live to debate, catalogue, reminisce, and complain.

From The Daily Beast

At Madison Square Garden, a lucky dude is invited onstage to drink rum and reminisce with the singer.

From The Daily Beast

Deciding that Henry could reminisce just as well without a listener, Robert quietly ordered the robot to turn itself off.

From Project Gutenberg

"I recall the first man I ever killed—" Pop started to reminisce softly.

From Project Gutenberg

You can reminisce about how you helped me carry wood while I recited passages of poem out of that book at you.'

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• look back
• remind