Standard Lemma guide

relive

verb · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • /ɹiːˈlɪv/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -ɪv
  • CMU ARPABET: R IY0 L IH1 V Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

verb

Meaning 1

To experience (something) again; to live over again.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

Examples

  • I relive that horrible accident every night and wake screaming.
  • Replays in video games allow you to relive your greatest moments.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

verb

Meaning 2

To bring back to life; to revive, resuscitate.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: obsolete, transitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

verb

Meaning 3

To come back to life.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: intransitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

verb

Meaning 4

experience again, often in the imagination

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • He relived the horrors of war

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: live over

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: know, experience, live

History

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- English live English relive From re- + live.

Across languages

Translations

24 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: оживявам (oživjavam) — to come back to life
  • Finnish: virota — to come back to life
  • French: revivre — to come back to life
  • Portuguese: reviver — to come back to life
  • Russian: оживать (oživatʹ) — to come back to life
  • Spanish: revivir — to come back to life
  • Ukrainian: ожива́ти (ožyváty) — to come back to life
  • Ukrainian: відро́джуватися (vidródžuvatysja) — to come back to life
  • Ukrainian: відроди́тися (vidrodýtysja) — to come back to life
  • Arabic: أَحْيَا (ʔaḥyā) — to experience again
  • Arabic: أحيا (ʔaḥyā) — to experience again
  • Bulgarian: преживявам отново (preživjavam otnovo) — to experience again
  • Finnish: elää uudelleen — to experience again
  • Finnish: kokea uudelleen — to experience again
  • Finnish: käydä läpi uudelleen — to experience again
  • Italian: rivivere — to experience again
  • Polish: przeżyć na nowo — to experience again
  • Portuguese: reviver — to experience again
  • Romanian: retrăi — to experience again
  • Russian: переживать (pereživatʹ) — to experience again
  • Spanish: revivir — to experience again
  • Swedish: återuppleva — to experience again
  • Ukrainian: пережива́ти (perežyváty) — to experience again
  • Ukrainian: пережи́ти (perežýty) — to experience again