1 [C,usually pl.] a spoken or written description of sth that sb remembers about their past life
SYNMEMORY:
The book is a collection of his reminiscences about the actress. * reminiscences of a wartime childhood
2 [U] the act of remembering things that happened in the past
3 [C,usually pl.] something that reminds you of sth similar:
Her music is full of reminiscences of African rhythms.
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
Where does this definition of reminiscence come from?
This entry for reminiscence is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Is reminiscence a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, reminiscence is tagged as noun.
Does reminiscence appear elsewhere on Lughet?
Yes — reminiscence appears under other sources or language pairs in Lughet's collection. See the list below.
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