retell

[ree-tel]

verb (used with object)

retold , retelling .

1. to tell (a story, tale, etc.) over again or in a new way.

   It’s Sleeping Beauty retold with a different twist.

retell

/ riːˈtɛl /

verb

1. to relate (a story, etc) again or differently

Word History and Origins

Origin of retell¹

re- + tell ¹

Example Sentences

Before the alert was added, she frequently had to retell the story of how he was failed.

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The retelling of the first lady’s life recasts her as a petulant former cabaret performer who would rather be on stage than in the White House.

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It’s election night in Robert Icke’s “Oedipus,” a modern retelling of Sophocles’ “Oedipus the King” that must be the buzziest, if not the chicest, Broadway offering of the fall season.

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She has always trusted that her readers and followers would be able to pay attention and keep up, but after more than 50 years, she is right to want to retell her stories.

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But you will not be getting a worshipful retelling of author Bram Stoker’s horror classic.

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