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Retell meaning
To tell again, often differently, what one has read or heard; to paraphrase.
Synonyms of Retell
Using Retell
- The main meaning on this page is: To tell again, often differently, what one has read or heard; to paraphrase.
- Useful related words include: re-create, restate, iterate, ingeminate.
- In the example corpus, retell often appears in combinations such as: retell the, to retell, and retell.
Context around Retell
- Average sentence length in these examples: 25.2 words
- Position in the sentence: 4 start, 13 middle, 3 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Retell
- In this selection, "retell" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 25.2 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, adaptations and stories stand out and add context to how "retell" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include 2013 to retell his story and able to retell the stories. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "retell" sits close to words such as abattoirs, abike and ablative, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with retell
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
He always had a story to tell or retell. (9 words)
Ask her to retell the story of your first conversation. (10 words)
Fascinated, he was able to retell the stories to his family when he returned home. (15 words)
At the end of the adventure, one wonders exactly why the director thought he to retell this story, considering how the influence of Roeg’s film is felt throughout, but he still adds his own particular, nimble flair to the proceedings. (41 words)
Each salonnière was called upon to retell an old tale or rework an old theme, spinning clever new stories that not only showcased verbal agility and imagination, but also slyly commented on the conditions of aristocratic life. (37 words)
On a number of occasions, Nadia asked me why people wouldn’t just help the Yazidis without her having to retell her terrifying and heartbreaking story, forcing her to relive her trauma in exchange for support. (36 words)
Example sentences (20)
Ask her to retell the story of your first conversation.
The movie received a number of criticisms for being misogynistic, which is why Dearden took to Broadway in 2013 to retell his story as he had initially intended.
Retell’s agents are powered by a combination of large language models (LLMs) fine-tuned for customer service use cases and a speech model that gives voice to text generated by the LLMs.
Unlike the game, the TV show is attempting to adapt and retell the events of the books, and by extension, the movies, both of which have sacred status.
At the end of the adventure, one wonders exactly why the director thought he to retell this story, considering how the influence of Roeg’s film is felt throughout, but he still adds his own particular, nimble flair to the proceedings.
Frequently, at home or at work she would often retell the story of a book or movie she was enjoying.
So I’ll keep this short so you don’t feel tempted to retell some objectively boring story about bicycling through Amsterdam — keep it relevant to the job.
But the growing profile of her reports also gave whistleblowers confidence that they could trust her to not only understand their stories, but retell them clearly for a wide audience.
He always had a story to tell or retell.
On a number of occasions, Nadia asked me why people wouldn’t just help the Yazidis without her having to retell her terrifying and heartbreaking story, forcing her to relive her trauma in exchange for support.
That said, she says she feels “an extreme amount of pressure” to return to the show and retell her story.
The plan is that each volume of this trilogy will retell the story of the quest for the boy from a different point of view, -style.
If the reboot does serve as a remake of the original 1986 B-movie and retell the story of Connor MacLeod, hopefully it will do so in a way that feels fresh and revitalizes the franchise.
The 2019 retelling brings together a cast of talents to retell the story with hyper-realistic CGI animals in place of 2D animation.
The series has more than 400 titles that retell stories from great Indian epics, mythology, history, folklore, and fables in a comic book format.
We retell the stories of suffering and sacrifice and heroism, so the next generation grows up knowing what happened.
Both retell the traditional story that the prince sought sanctuary in Tewkesbury Abbey and was dragged out and butchered in the street.
Each salonnière was called upon to retell an old tale or rework an old theme, spinning clever new stories that not only showcased verbal agility and imagination, but also slyly commented on the conditions of aristocratic life.
Fascinated, he was able to retell the stories to his family when he returned home.
Films Most of the Flash Gordon film and television adaptations retell the early adventures on the planet Mongo.
Common combinations with retell
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- retell the 11×
- to retell 8×
- and retell 4×
- retell her 2×
- that retell 2×