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# retell

verb (retell, retells, retold, retelling); noun retelling

«retell» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. To retell a story is to tell it again, often in your own words. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/retell/#m1)
2. A retelling is a new version of an old story. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/retell/#m2)

### In the lessons

In English lessons, pupils retell stories orally or in writing to show they understand the order of events; story maps help. In books, a retelling gives a fresh version of a fairy tale or myth. Phrases: "retell the story", "retell in your own words", "a modern retelling".

### Examples

- Retell the story of the Three Little Pigs in your own words. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/retell/#x1)
- Grandma retold the tale of how she met Grandad. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/retell/#x2)
- We used a story map to retell "The Gruffalo". [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/retell/#x3)
- The film is a modern retelling of Cinderella. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/retell/#x4)
- Can you retell what happened at break time? [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/retell/#x5)
- The myth has been retold many times. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/retell/#x6)

### Note

Irregular, like "tell": retell, retold, retold. Noun: retelling. To retell is not to copy word for word; it means giving the main events in order using your own words.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «retell» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/retell/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«retell» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/retell.html) on Mova free.