RETELL

repeat, reiterate, ingeminate, iterate, restate, retell

(verb) to say, state, or perform again; “She kept reiterating her request”

fictionalize, fictionalise, retell

(verb) make into fiction; “The writer fictionalized the lives of his parents in his latest novel”

recite, retell

(verb) render verbally; “recite a poem”; “retell a story”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Verb

retell (third-person singular simple present retells, present participle retelling, simple past and past participle retold)

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

Anagrams

• Teller, teller

Source: Wiktionary


Re*tell, v. t.

Definition: To tell again.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Word of the Day

25 December 2024

UNAMBIGUOUS

(adjective) having or exhibiting a single clearly defined meaning; “As a horror, apartheid...is absolutely unambiguous”- Mario Vargas Llosa


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Coffee Trivia

The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.

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