Skip to main content
to retelling

to retelling

3.5
To tell a story again in a different way
  • verb
  • /ˌriːˈtɛlɪŋ/
translation icon : recontar
  • So if you find yourself retelling the same story more than twice, I would ask you what about it haven't you processed yet?

The book is kind of retelling some of that story of the dark times.

Autoplay Next

Examples

  • The book is kind of retelling some of that story of the dark times.

  • This woman retells her whole friendship story with her friend that disappeared.

  • And so when you think about like, you know, the task of retelling American history, it it seemed like it was bigger than Africa town.

  • So if you find yourself retelling the same story more than twice, I would ask you what about it haven't you processed yet?

  • Well, this first demo scene takes place in a hospital, and it retells a night that I actually spent with Joel.

  • It retells tales drawn from many popular and cultural sources too.

  • One of them retells the Riddle of As I was going to Saint Ives.

  • But other than those, it's kind of like it's giving Katya A Trixie where they literally retell stories.

  • It's like a story that we've heard before, but the way that Brooke retold the story with like new details, I think like she got so specific.

  • In her latest book, the author offers a fresh retelling of classic fairy tales that introduces new characters.

Synonyms

narration
vsto retelling
23 3.4

Telling a story or describing events

is the same act but performed again or for a new audience
recounting
vsto retelling
3 3.8

An account of events told in detail

is similar but focuses on repeating the story rather than extra detail
récit
vsto retelling
  • Literature
9.9

A story told in writing or speech

is a more general, everyday practice of telling a story again

How Different

remaking
2 4.1
adaptation
60 3.4
reworking
4 3.9
to retelling
3.5
recounting
3 3.8

Surface Forms

retell infinitive
retelling present participle
retells third person singular
retold past
retold past participle

Morphology

retelling = retell (transparent) = re + tell + ing

Adding '-ing' to the verb 'retell' straightforwardly forms the participial or progressive verb form.

Etymology

Retelling as a verb is built from re- 'again' and tell 'to say a story', so to retell is to tell a story again. That's why people retell stories to share them again or to change them for a new audience.