Retelling

noun, verb

noun, verb ·3 syllables ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A new, changed, or adapted version of a story.

    "The new film is a needless retelling of what was already a cinematic classic."

Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of retell form-of, gerund, participle, present

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critiqueelaborationhistoryiterationnarrationnarrative

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"On that very night when the fern blooms — I’m just retelling what has been compiled in fairy tales by local people — the mermaids, wood and house goblins, werewolves, nixes, and different kinds of ghosts and sorcerers gathered together."

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