retell
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re·tell
(rē-tĕl′)tr.v. re·told (-tōld′), re·tell·ing, re·tells
1. To relate or tell again or in a different form.
2. To count again.
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retell
(riːˈtɛl)vb (tr) , -tells, -telling or -told
to relate (a story, etc) again or differently
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Past participle: retold
Gerund: retelling
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Verb | 1. | retell - render verbally, "recite a poem"; "retell a story" re-create - create anew; "Re-create the boom of the West on a small scale" |
2. | retell - make into fiction; "The writer fictionalized the lives of his parents in his latest novel" re-create - create anew; "Re-create the boom of the West on a small scale" | |
3. | retell - to say, state, or perform again; "She kept reiterating her request" tell - let something be known; "Tell them that you will be late" perseverate - psychology: repeat a response after the cessation of the original stimulus; "The subjects in this study perseverated" ditto - repeat an action or statement; "The next speaker dittoed her argument" harp, dwell - come back to; "Don't dwell on the past"; "She is always harping on the same old things" translate, interpret, render - restate (words) from one language into another language; "I have to translate when my in-laws from Austria visit the U.S."; "Can you interpret the speech of the visiting dignitaries?"; "She rendered the French poem into English"; "He translates for the U.N." |
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retell
pret, ptp <retold>vt → wiederholen; (novelist) old legend → nacherzählen
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