Definition

Verb: * To think, talk, or write about past experiences, especially happy or personal ones from a long time ago. It involves recalling memories, often with a sense of pleasure or nostalgia.

Usage

• The verb "reminisce" is typically used intransitively (without a direct object) or with the preposition "about" or "over" to introduce the topic of the memory.
• It describes a reflective, often leisurely, act of remembering.

Examples

• The old friends met for coffee and spent hours reminiscing.
• My grandfather loves to reminisce about his childhood in the countryside.
• They sat by the fire, reminiscing over old photographs.

Advanced Usage

• "to reminisce with someone": To share memories together with another person.
  • It was lovely to reminisce with my sister about our family holidays.
• The act of reminiscing itself can be the object: "indulge in reminiscence" or "a bout of reminiscing".
  • The reunion dinner led to a long bout of reminiscing.

Variants and Related Words

• Reminiscence (noun): 1) The act or process of reminiscing. 2) A memory or story that is told.
  • His speech was full of amusing reminiscences of his early career.
• Reminiscent (adjective): Suggestive or reminding one of something else.
  • The scent of pine was reminiscent of Christmas.

Synonyms

• Recall: To bring a memory back into the mind.
• Recollect: A more formal synonym for remember.
• Remember: The most general term for having a memory.
• Look back (on): To think about something in one's past.

Antonyms

• Forget: To be unable to remember.
• Anticipate: To look forward to a future event.

Idioms and Phrases

• Take a trip down memory lane: An idiom meaning to reminisce.
  • Looking at our wedding album really made us take a trip down memory lane.

Verb

1. recall the past
   • The grandparents sat there, reminiscing all afternoon