Retell
verb
To tell a story or describe an event again.
He retold the story of their journey to his friends.
Often appears as...
- retell a story
- retell an event
verb
To tell a story or describe an event again.
He retold the story of their journey to his friends.
Often appears as...
- retell a story
- retell an event
Definition 1 of 1
Pro Tip 1/3Storytelling
Used when summarizing or passing along a story you've heard or read, often in a condensed form.
She retold the fairy tale with her own creative twists.
Pro Tip 2/3Personal Experience
Can describe sharing a personal event or experience that left an impression.
Grandpa retold his childhood adventures with so much passion.
Pro Tip 3/3Educational Context
Often used in academic or educational settings, summarizing a lesson or lecture for clarity.
The tutor retold the main points of the lecture for the students.
Pro Tip 1/3Storytelling
Used when summarizing or passing along a story you've heard or read, often in a condensed form.
She retold the fairy tale with her own creative twists.
Pro Tip 2/3Personal Experience
Can describe sharing a personal event or experience that left an impression.
Grandpa retold his childhood adventures with so much passion.
Pro Tip 3/3Educational Context
Often used in academic or educational settings, summarizing a lesson or lecture for clarity.
The tutor retold the main points of the lecture for the students.
Pro Tip 1/3Storytelling
Used when summarizing or passing along a story you've heard or read, often in a condensed form.
She retold the fairy tale with her own creative twists.
Pro Tip 2/3Personal Experience
Can describe sharing a personal event or experience that left an impression.
Grandpa retold his childhood adventures with so much passion.
Pro Tip 3/3Educational Context
Often used in academic or educational settings, summarizing a lesson or lecture for clarity.
The tutor retold the main points of the lecture for the students.
Never forget "Retell"
Humans forget easily. That's why you should download WordUp: Smart reminders, word games, AI practice, and much more!
Video examples
A queer vision of love...
We constantly experience this retelling of history where we are conspicuously left out. And it's really hard to not see ourselves there. And so living out loud for us is about that representation. It's about having possibility models, and having hope that love is part of our inheritance in this world, too.
Video examples
Zahra Al-Mahdi: The...
that can be rewritten and reread. Having been raised by screens that told me different stories about who I am and where I come from confused me in the best way possible. I saw that history is not as static as we thought, that stories can be told, retold, read and reread.
Video examples
First Look: The Long...
and the battles in Sadr City that we are retelling the world. I'm so tiny. It's an amazing road to get here. Thanks, man. Thanks so much, man. Today has been more than I could've imagined, from the moment that we got together this morning, with the crew and the cast,
Video examples
The 4 stories we tell...
and I want to try to give you some sense of the way in which they're retold by each culture or generation using the vocabulary of their day. Now, the first story is the simplest. We want to avoid death, and the dream of doing that in this body in this world forever
Video examples
There's more to life...
It helps you understand how you became you. But we don't always realize that we're the authors of our stories and can change the way we're telling them. Your life isn't just a list of events. You can edit, interpret and retell your story,
Video examples
What's your 200-year...
important tool we have it lets us create who we are and curate what is to come I like to think thank you I like to think of myself as a storyteller where my past and my future are only stories my stories waiting to be told and retold I
Video examples
How Moms Shape The World...
so that they're still taken seriously rather than seen as distracted. And they will not receive credit for the accomplishments of the loved ones they have supported day in and day out because our retelling of events
Video examples
The Secret to Mastering...
rewrite and retell our life story, adding a new chapter for what we learned during the lifequake. That's what happened with my dad. After I sent that first question about the toys he played with,
Video examples
Storytelling can be...
on us as storytellers as story listeners to trust but to verify and to make sure that the stories that become truly powerful the stories that are told and retold are the stories that deserve it
Video examples
Selecting the Stories of...
to retell it's harder to celebrate some of the greatest heroes in cosmos are completely unsung there was a real privilege from me to get to tell their story
Video examples
A queer vision of love...
We constantly experience this retelling of history where we are conspicuously left out. And it's really hard to not see ourselves there. And so living out loud for us is about that representation. It's about having possibility models, and having hope that love is part of our inheritance in this world, too.
Video examples
Zahra Al-Mahdi: The...
that can be rewritten and reread. Having been raised by screens that told me different stories about who I am and where I come from confused me in the best way possible. I saw that history is not as static as we thought, that stories can be told, retold, read and reread.
Video examples
First Look: The Long...
and the battles in Sadr City that we are retelling the world. I'm so tiny. It's an amazing road to get here. Thanks, man. Thanks so much, man. Today has been more than I could've imagined, from the moment that we got together this morning, with the crew and the cast,
Video examples
The 4 stories we tell...
and I want to try to give you some sense of the way in which they're retold by each culture or generation using the vocabulary of their day. Now, the first story is the simplest. We want to avoid death, and the dream of doing that in this body in this world forever
Video examples
There's more to life...
It helps you understand how you became you. But we don't always realize that we're the authors of our stories and can change the way we're telling them. Your life isn't just a list of events. You can edit, interpret and retell your story,
Video examples
What's your 200-year...
important tool we have it lets us create who we are and curate what is to come I like to think thank you I like to think of myself as a storyteller where my past and my future are only stories my stories waiting to be told and retold I
Video examples
How Moms Shape The World...
so that they're still taken seriously rather than seen as distracted. And they will not receive credit for the accomplishments of the loved ones they have supported day in and day out because our retelling of events
Video examples
The Secret to Mastering...
rewrite and retell our life story, adding a new chapter for what we learned during the lifequake. That's what happened with my dad. After I sent that first question about the toys he played with,
Video examples
Storytelling can be...
on us as storytellers as story listeners to trust but to verify and to make sure that the stories that become truly powerful the stories that are told and retold are the stories that deserve it
Video examples
Selecting the Stories of...
to retell it's harder to celebrate some of the greatest heroes in cosmos are completely unsung there was a real privilege from me to get to tell their story
Example 1 of 10
Quote examples
William T. Vollmann
American Novelist
Everybody is an expert on one thing - that's what I learned in my high school journalism class - and that's, of course, his own life. And everybody deserves to live and have his story told. And if it doesn't seem like an interesting story, then that's the failure of the listener, or the journalist who retells it badly.
Quote examples
Bruce Feiler
American Writer
One of the core ideas of the Bible is that meaning can be found in history. The sheer act of telling and retelling stories helps us to understand God's role in the world as well as our own position in a long line of ancestors who have wrestled with similar issues to the ones we wrestle with every day.
Quote examples
Sarah J. Maas
American Author
Honestly, I think there's a cycle to the popularity of fantasy and fairytales that usually coincides with times of unrest or hardship in our own world. By retelling these legends or immersing ourselves in fantasy realms, we can safely explore the very real, very day-to-day darkness of our own lives.
Quote examples
George Lucas
American Director
The story being told in 'Star Wars' is a classic one. Every few hundred years, the story is retold because we have a tendency to do the same things over and over again. Power corrupts, and when you're in charge, you start doing things that you think are right, but they're actually not.
Quote examples
Lena Waithe
American Actress
I am always searching for something different or something fresh, something hasn't been done. But the truth is, at the end of the day, we're all sort of retelling something. We're doing a version of something that's already been done.
Quote examples
Kate Forsyth
Australian Author
To tell the truth, fairytales have never gone out of style. They have been told and retold for thousands of years, finding new shapes and structures with each new generation of tellers.
Quote examples
C. S. Lewis
British Writer
Miracles are a retelling in small letters of the very same story which is written across the whole world in letters too large for some of us to see.
Quote examples
Louise Brown
English Celebrity
The richest most meaningful stories are found in small places: made, carried, crafted, told, and retold by apparently unimportant people.
Quote examples
Hilary Mantel
English Writer
History is always changing behind us, and the past changes a little every time we retell it.
Quote examples
Israel Horovitz
American Playwright
The Holocaust story has been told and retold so many times.
Quote examples
William T. Vollmann
American Novelist
Everybody is an expert on one thing - that's what I learned in my high school journalism class - and that's, of course, his own life. And everybody deserves to live and have his story told. And if it doesn't seem like an interesting story, then that's the failure of the listener, or the journalist who retells it badly.
Quote examples
Bruce Feiler
American Writer
One of the core ideas of the Bible is that meaning can be found in history. The sheer act of telling and retelling stories helps us to understand God's role in the world as well as our own position in a long line of ancestors who have wrestled with similar issues to the ones we wrestle with every day.
Quote examples
Sarah J. Maas
American Author
Honestly, I think there's a cycle to the popularity of fantasy and fairytales that usually coincides with times of unrest or hardship in our own world. By retelling these legends or immersing ourselves in fantasy realms, we can safely explore the very real, very day-to-day darkness of our own lives.
Quote examples
George Lucas
American Director
The story being told in 'Star Wars' is a classic one. Every few hundred years, the story is retold because we have a tendency to do the same things over and over again. Power corrupts, and when you're in charge, you start doing things that you think are right, but they're actually not.
Quote examples
Lena Waithe
American Actress
I am always searching for something different or something fresh, something hasn't been done. But the truth is, at the end of the day, we're all sort of retelling something. We're doing a version of something that's already been done.
Quote examples
Kate Forsyth
Australian Author
To tell the truth, fairytales have never gone out of style. They have been told and retold for thousands of years, finding new shapes and structures with each new generation of tellers.
Quote examples
C. S. Lewis
British Writer
Miracles are a retelling in small letters of the very same story which is written across the whole world in letters too large for some of us to see.
Quote examples
Louise Brown
English Celebrity
The richest most meaningful stories are found in small places: made, carried, crafted, told, and retold by apparently unimportant people.
Quote examples
Hilary Mantel
English Writer
History is always changing behind us, and the past changes a little every time we retell it.
Quote examples
Israel Horovitz
American Playwright
The Holocaust story has been told and retold so many times.
Example 1 of 10
WordUp Chrome Extension
As you browse the web instantly look up words you don’t know.
Get Chrome Extension