reminiscence
reminiscence
Definition
remi·nis·cence (rem′ə nis′əns)
noun
- the act of remembering or recollecting past experiences
- a memory or recollection
- an account, written or spoken, of remembered experiences
- something that suggests or recalls something else; reminder
Etymology: Fr réminiscence < LL remeniscentia: see reminiscent
reminiscence
Synonyms
reminiscence
n.
reminiscence
Usage Examples
Preposition: of
- life: Alicia Falls's reminiscences of life in Paris in the 1850s, where her father was attached to the Embassy.
- people: This website uses the reminiscences of five people who worked at Holwell from the 1940s to the late 20th century.
Converse of object
- tape: The most interesting use of the medium are the taped reminiscences from Korean war veterans.
- collect: Already he must have begun to collect the reminiscences of Jesus.
- exchange: The blitz is still a vibrant living memory of many Cardiffians who were looking forward to exchanging reminiscences.
- contain: It contains reminiscences from a wide range of people who have been involved with the station over the years.
- write: There she wrote Personal reminiscences of a great crusade.
- include: I would like to include suitable reminiscences in the site.
Adjective modifier
- fond: The main extra is a short series of fond reminiscences from the actors and director Randal Kleiser, actually filmed for the 20th anniversary.
- personal: There she wrote Personal reminiscences of a great crusade.
- fascinating: An appeal for memories of Steyning in 1985 resulted in many fascinating reminiscences from elderly residents.
- oral: It includes oral history reminiscences of four Black women, now living in London.
- historical: The first of these historical reminiscences of love is perhaps the most engaging.
- interesting: In a lately issued ' Mathematical Gazette ' there is an interesting reminiscence of the Rector of Headley.
Modifies a noun
- therapy: The book covers a wide spectrum of approaches from Bach flower remedies to reminiscence therapy.
- session: With activities such as ballroom dancing, reminiscence sessions and computer training, the world doesn't seem such a lonely place any more.
- workshop: It enabled ideas for creative reminiscence workshops for older people to be trialed in Oxfordshire.
- project: Free Teaching Pack Screen Dreams A new teachers ' resource based around the bfi's Screen Dreams reminiscence project.
- work: Project Gallery Images of the museum's reminiscence work.
- art: He has many years ' experience as a director, teacher and writer in the fields of theater and reminiscence arts.
Browse dictionary entries near reminiscence
- reminisce
- Remington
- remindful
- reminder
- reminded
- remind
- remiges
- REMIC
- remembrancer
- Remembrance Sunday
- reminiscent
- remise
- remiss
- remissible
- remission
- remit
- remittal
- remittance
- remittance man
- remitted
