REMINISCE


Meaning of REMINISCE in English

rem ‧ i ‧ nisce /ˌreməˈnɪs, ˌremɪˈnɪs/ BrE AmE verb [intransitive]

[ Date: 1800-1900 ; Origin: reminiscence ]

to talk or think about pleasant events in your past

reminisce about

a group of former students reminiscing about their college days

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THESAURUS

▪ remember 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.

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I can’t remember how the film ends.

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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?

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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.

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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.

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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.

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Looking back, I should have been more patient with her.

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We need to stop looking back and start thinking about the future.

▪ reminisce /ˌreməˈnɪs, ˌremɪˈnɪs/ 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.

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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.

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The taste reminded him of school dinners.

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English.      Longman - Словарь современного английского языка.