Associations to the word «Retell»

Wiktionary

RETELL, verb. To tell again, to paraphrase, to tell something one has read or heard.

Dictionary definition

RETELL, verb. Render verbally, "recite a poem"; "retell a story".
RETELL, verb. Make into fiction; "The writer fictionalized the lives of his parents in his latest novel".
RETELL, verb. To say, state, or perform again; "She kept reiterating her request".

Wise words

Language is a process of free creation; its laws and principles are fixed, but the manner in which the principles of generation are used is free and infinitely varied. Even the interpretation and use of words involves a process of free creation.
Noam Chomsky