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Retell Common

Retell has 4 different meanings across 1 category:

Verb

Definitions
Verb
1

render verbally

"recite a poem"

"retell a story"

2

make into fiction

"The writer fictionalized the lives of his parents in his latest novel"

3

to say, state, or perform again

"She kept reiterating her request"

4

To tell again, often differently, what one has read or heard; to paraphrase.

Example Sentences
"recite a poem" verb
"retell a story" verb
"The writer fictionalized the lives of his parents in his latest novel" verb
"She kept reiterating her request" verb
Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
re-create tell
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
perseverate ditto harp translate paraphrase sum up quote
Rhyming Words
ell dell well fell jell pell zell yell nell mell rell cell sell hell kell tell odell adell dwell quell
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