Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to retell
Participle: retold
Gerund: retelling
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | retell |
| you | retell |
| he;she;it | retells |
| we | retell |
| you | retell |
| they | retell |
Perfect
| I | have retold |
| you | have retold |
| he;she;it | has retold |
| we | have retold |
| you | have retold |
| they | have retold |
Past
| I | retold |
| you | retold |
| he;she;it | retold |
| we | retold |
| you | retold |
| they | retold |
Pluperfect
| I | had retold |
| you | had retold |
| he;she;it | had retold |
| we | had retold |
| you | had retold |
| they | had retold |
Future
| I | will retell |
| you | will retell |
| he;she;it | will retell |
| we | will retell |
| you | will retell |
| they | will retell |
Future Perfect
| I | will have retold |
| you | will have retold |
| he;she;it | will have retold |
| we | will have retold |
| you | will have retold |
| they | will have retold |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | retell |
| you | retell |
| he;she;it | retell |
| we | retell |
| you | retell |
| they | retell |
Perfect
| I | have retold |
| you | have retold |
| he;she;it | have retold |
| we | have retold |
| you | have retold |
| they | have retold |
Imperfect
| I | retold |
| you | retold |
| he;she;it | retold |
| we | retold |
| you | retold |
| they | retold |
Pluperfect
| I | had retold |
| you | had retold |
| he;she;it | had retold |
| we | had retold |
| you | had retold |
| they | had retold |
Conditional
Present
| I | would retell |
| you | would retell |
| he;she;it | would retell |
| we | would retell |
| you | would retell |
| they | would retell |
Perfect
| I | would have retold |
| you | would have retold |
| he;she;it | would have retold |
| we | would have retold |
| you | would have retold |
| they | would have retold |
Imperative
| you | retell |
| we | Let's retell |
| you | retell |
Verbs conjugated like 'retell'
foretell,
resell,
retell,
sell,
tell,
undersell,
betell,
cross-sell,
forthtell,
mis-sell,
missell,
no-sell,
onsell,
overtell,
presell,
pretell,
short-sell,
supersell,
unsell,
untell, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'retell'
betell,
pretell,
resell,
behell,
betall,
bewell,
foretell,
presell,
rebel,
rebill,
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. Etymology tree
2. Proto-Italic *wre-
3. Latin re-der.
4. Old French re-bor.
5. Middle English re-
6. English re-
7. English tell
8. English retell
9. From re- + tell.
Sample Sentences
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She will retell the story from her perspective in the next meeting.
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He had to retell the story several times before it was understood.
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The author decided to retell the classic fairy tale with a modern twist.
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But if you really insist she'll retell the unfortunate case of a man named Sean Doyle. [2025 February 8, Brenna Cooper, “Medical examiner reveals worst death she has seen is the case of man who was thrown down a manhole into boiling water”, in LADBible, archived from the original on 22 Mar 2025:]