retelling

noun

re·​tell·​ing (ˌ)rē-ˈte-liŋ How to pronounce retelling (audio)
: a new version of a story
a retelling of a Greek legend

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However, Lord tells PEOPLE that Christmas in the Spotlight is a loving homage to the couple, not an exact retelling of their love story's fairytale beginning. Sabienna Bowman, People.com, 21 Nov. 2024 Adapted for television by Phoebe Fisher and Sara Goodman, this 21st-century retelling is a battle of wills between two volatile stepsiblings: the conniving and cross-wearing Caroline Merteuil (Sarah Catherine Hook) and the manipulative Lucien Belmont (Zac Burgess). Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 20 Nov. 2024 Paramount+ Bram Stoker’s Dracula Year: 1992 Runtime: 2h 7m Director: Francis Ford Coppola Francis Ford Coppola’s epic retelling of the classic novel is one of the most lavish and ambitious Hollywood productions of its era. Brian Tallerico, Vulture, 25 Oct. 2024 This book is not only a retelling of the crime—a story that Till’s family, among others, has already published—but also a rich and wandering history of the township in which Till died: the few square miles of plantations that helped birth both the blues and the Ku Klux Klan. The New Yorker, 28 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for retelling 

Word History

First Known Use

1883, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of retelling was in 1883

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“Retelling.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/retelling. Accessed 9 Dec. 2024.

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