"retelling" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: retellings [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} retelling (plural retellings)
  1. A new, changed, or adapted version of a story. Translations (subsequent telling): gjenfortelling [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål)
    Sense id: en-retelling-en-noun-DFwWeMHO Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 53 47

Verb

Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} retelling
  1. present participle and gerund of retell Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: retell
    Sense id: en-retelling-en-verb-vPXfw8wm Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 53 47 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations: 40 60

Inflected forms

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