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English verb: retell | |||
| 1. | retell (creation) render verbally, | ||
| Samples | Recite a poem. Retell a story. | ||
| Synonyms | recite | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | re-create | ||
| 2. | retell (creation) make into fiction | ||
| Samples | The writer fictionalized the lives of his parents in his latest novel. | ||
| Synonyms | fictionalise, fictionalize | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | re-create | ||
| 3. | retell (communication) to say, state, or perform again | ||
| Samples | She kept reiterating her request. | ||
| Examples | They won't retell the story | ||
| Synonyms | ingeminate, iterate, reiterate, repeat, restate | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Something ----s something. Somebody ----s that CLAUSE | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | tell | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | cite, ditto, dwell, harp, interpret, paraphrase, perseverate, quote, render, rephrase, resume, reword, sum up, summarise, summarize, translate | ||
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