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

This renders Mr. Bacon’s subtitle inapt: “The Untold Story of the Edmund Fitzgerald” has been told and retold by authors and bards.

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The stories we tell and retell carry the same knowing.

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“Doing so has been my life’s chief regret,” he wrote in retelling of this story years later.

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That actually happened, but Byun Sung-hyun’s deeply cynical retelling doesn’t want you to take its word for it — and it’s best not to trust these careerist officials to save the day either.

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The new footage from the deep provides another chance to retell Scott's story, says David Waterhouse.

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