retelling

noun

re·​tell·​ing (ˌ)rē-ˈte-liŋ 

: a new version of a story

a retelling of a Greek legend

Examples of retelling in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

But the teen’s humble retelling underplays a harrowing incident. — Grace Toohey, Los Angeles Times, 29 July 2026

One summer in the late 1980s, according to Bercich’s retelling, Vikings coach Jerry Burns asked Ryan to drive to the local mall to scavenge for a mannequin. — Alec Lewis, New York Times, 24 July 2026

Going even wider in what retellings can be brings up Tom Stoppard’s play about Hamlet‘s minor characters, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead or Angela Carter’s 1970s feminist revisions of the classic fairytales and Gregory MacGuire’s Wicked). — Literary Hub, 23 July 2026

Notably, the news comes as Nolan’s The Odyssey, a retelling of the greek epic, has been tearing up the global box office, marking Nolan’s biggest global debut and passing $300 million worldwide since its release a week ago. — Aaron Couch, HollywoodReporter, 23 July 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1883, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for retelling

• bookselling
• channelling
• compelling
• dispelling
• excelling
• expelling
• foretelling
• impelling
• indwelling
• labelling
• levelling
• marvelling