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relive

[ree-liv] / riˈlɪv /




Frequently Asked Questions

What is another word for relive?
To relive something means to experience it again in some way—to reexperience it. Sometimes, relive means to vividly recall the experience in your mind, as if you’re living through it again. In this way, to relive is really to remember. Often, saying that you relived an event really means that a memory of it triggered the same emotions you felt during the original experience. Sometimes, we relive experiences in our dreams, and sometimes in flashbacks. When this happens, the mind recreates the experience from our memories. In movies like Groundhog Day, characters literally relive the same day over and over again—they repeat it again and again until Andie MacDowell falls in love with them.
How is relive different from reminisce?
The meanings of relive and reminisce can overlap. When you reminisce about past events, it’s often an intentional way of trying to relive them. Reminiscing is commonly done through talking about those events with other people who also experienced them, which can stir memories and emotions. But there are differences. Reminisce is always used in the context of fond memories, and reminiscing is always intentional, while relive can be used in positive contexts (fond memories) or negative ones (traumatic memories), and reliving an experience in your mind sometimes happens even when you don’t want it to.
Is it relive or re-live?
Like many other words that begin with the prefix re- (meaning “again”), relive is typically spelled without a hyphen. In some words that begin with the prefix re-, a hyphen is necessary to distinguish one word from another that would be spelled the same but has an entirely different meaning, such as resign (as in quit) and re-sign (as in sign again). This is not an issue with relive.

Example Sentences

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Watch Pixar legend Andrew Stanton relive some of the iconic moments from the 10 animated movies he has written or directed.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 18, 2026

Now, Jill Biden’s new memoir is forcing them to relive it.

From Los Angeles Times May 31, 2026

Together, they relive the night Clark’s wife left, with Mary acting as his former spouse.

From Salon May 30, 2026

"We can't wait to relive the magic and energy of that record and many more, with the very people who made it so special," said singer and rapper Alesha Dixon.

From BBC May 22, 2026

Still, I dream and relive the New Year’s celebration we had in Phnom Penh.

From "First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers" by Loung Ung

A record-smashing, boundary-breaking tennis champion, Serena Williams relives her highlights and heartbreaks, on and off the court.

From BBC Jun. 16, 2026

In his new memoir, “Everything You Want Is on the Other Side of Hard,” runner Ken Rideout relives a physically grueling 2023 ultramarathon in the Gobi Desert.

From The Wall Street Journal Nov. 1, 2025

And he relives his glory days, this time as the starting quarterback for the fictional South Georgia Catfish.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 30, 2025

Seattle Totems great Guyle Fielder admits the past week has been “overwhelming” as he relives a professional hockey career that ended a half-century ago.

From Seattle Times Feb. 19, 2024

In other words, the song relives and retells the experiences of a child in another century and makes her story highly relatable to us today.

From "Music and the Child" by Natalie Sarrazin

“Over the course of many weeks during three separate trials, she relived unthinkably painful experiences in front of complete strangers,” said Bragg.

From The Wall Street Journal May 15, 2026

The victim was quiet in a different way - speaking softly and with dignity as she relived events from 23 years ago.

From BBC Apr. 17, 2026

This was only Chelsea's third clean sheet in 12 matches and boss Enzo Maresca was relived to emerge unscathed for once.

From Barron's Nov. 1, 2025

It is relived daily through stories passed down, names found in tribunal transcripts and artifacts pulled from mass graves.

From Salon Jul. 31, 2025

Next he relived the day Abby was born and felt the excitement of going to the hospital to meet his baby sister.

From "Earthquake Terror" by Peg Kehret

But it hasn’t stopped her from reliving it all.

From Salon May 27, 2026

“There is no way you can walk out and look away,” he said, adding that hospital visits can result in veterans reliving painful memories again and again.

From Los Angeles Times May 20, 2026

"Many of us came here to escape conflict... it felt like we were reliving those same fears."

From Barron's Apr. 27, 2026

When Knueppel was just 14 years old, he was thrown into a league of grizzled clock-punchers, retirees and guys reliving their college glory days.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 8, 2026

Other times, I’d have a memory so real it was like reliving the moment altogether.

From "The Darkest Minds" by Alexandra Bracken




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