What does retelling mean?
Retelling means present participle and gerund of retell.
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Pronunciation varies by accent · verb
present participle and gerund of retell.
The new film is a needless retelling of what was already a cinematic classic.
Like those of other saints, Mira Bai's life story lies within a number of retellings, each more detailed than the last, so that her biography now includes burnishings that probably would not pass any historian's test.
Huntsman feints at being the Snow White retelling no one has ever seen before, but ultimately becomes the “been there, done that” of fairy-tale filmmaking.
Use retelling when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Retelling means present participle and gerund of retell.
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The new film is a needless retelling of what was already a cinematic classic.
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