Retelling
noun, verb
noun, verb ·3 syllables ·Moderate ·College level
Definitions
Noun
- 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 present participle and gerund of retell form-of, gerund, participle, present
Example
More examples"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."