"retell" meaning in All languages combined

See retell on Wiktionary

Verb [English]

IPA: /riˈtɛl/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-retell.wav [UK] Forms: retell [canonical], retells [third-person, singular], retold [past], retold [past, participle], retelling [present, participle]
Etymology: re- + tell Etymology templates: {{ety-prefix|re|tell}} re- + tell Head templates: {{verb|retell|retells|retold|retelling}} [POS TABLE]
  1. If you retell a story, you tell it again, usually in a different way. Synonyms: paraphrase
    Sense id: simple-retell-en-verb-0DuZu7N5
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
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