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# reminiscence

«reminiscence» in Mova's school dictionary: **A memory of something from the past, or a story told…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (plural reminiscences)

### meaning for a pupil

A memory of something from the past, or a story told about past times. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/reminiscence/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

in stories a faint memory or echo of an old tradition or legend: «reminiscences of classical legend»

### examples

- Grandad told us reminiscences of his childhood on the farm. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/reminiscence/#x1)
- The old song is a reminiscence of an earlier time. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/reminiscence/#x2)
- The smell of bread brought back a reminiscence of home. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/reminiscence/#x3)

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «reminiscence» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/reminiscence/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.