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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | storylike, chronological |
| Synonyms: | anecdotal, fictional, fictive, historical, narrated, recounted, reported, retold, sequential |
| Antonyms: | rambling |
| Main Entry: | quote |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | repeat something spoken, written by another |
| Synonyms: | adduce, attest, cite, detail, excerpt, extract, instance, name, paraphrase, parrot, proclaim, recall, recite, recollect, refer to, reference, retell |
| Notes: | one should use quote exclusively as a verb and use quotation as a noun |
| Main Entry: | recite |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | read out loud; narrate |
| Synonyms: | account for, address, answer, chant, communicate, convey, declaim, delineate, deliver, describe, detail, discourse, dramatize, enact, enlarge, enumerate, expatiate, explain, give a report, give an account, give verbal account, hold forth, impart, interpret, itemize, mention, parrot, perform, picture, portray, quote, recapitulate, recount, reel off, rehearse, relate, render, repeat, reply, report, retell, soliloquize, speak, state, tell, utter |
| Main Entry: | reiterate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | say or do again |
| Synonyms: | come again, ditto*, double-check, echo, go over again, ingeminate, iterate, play back, recap, recapitulate, recheck, rehash, renew, repeat, reprise, resay, restate, retell, rewarn, say again |
| Notes: | iterate means 'do or say something again' and reiterate is the result of the erroneous addition of a redundant prefix; iterate is used more for repeated actions like mathematical functions and reiterate tends to be used for things one says |
| Antonyms: | take back |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | relate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | give an account of |
| Synonyms: | break a story, chronicle, clue one in, depict, describe, detail, disclose, divulge, express, get off one's chest, give the word, impart, itemize, lay it on the line, let one's hair down, narrate, particularize, picture, present, recite, recount, rehearse, report, retell, reveal, run down, run through, set forth, shoot the breeze, sling, spill, spill the beans, spin a yarn, state, tell, track, verbalize |
| Notes: | both recount and relate mean 'to tell, to give an account of,' but recount adds the semantic component 'in detail' |
| Antonyms: | conceal, hide |
| Main Entry: | repeat |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | duplicate, do again |
| Synonyms: | chime, come again, din, ditto*, drum into, echo, go over again, hold over, imitate, ingeminate, iterate, make like, occur again, play back, play over, quote, read back, reappear, recapitulate, recast, reciprocate, recite, reconstruct, recrudesce, recur, redo, refashion, reform, rehash, rehearse, reissue, reiterate, relate, remake, renew, reoccur, replay, reprise, reproduce, rerun, resay, reshow, restate, retell, return, revert, revolve, rework, run over, sing same old song |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | retrace |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | repeat |
| Synonyms: | backtrack, perseverate, recall, recollect, reiterate, reminisce, retell |
| Main Entry: | restate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | repeat |
| Synonyms: | chime, come again, din, ditto*, drum into, echo, go over again, hold over, imitate, ingeminate, iterate, make like, occur again, play back, play over, quote, read back, reappear, recapitulate, recast, reciprocate, recite, reconstruct, recrudesce, recur, redo, refashion, reform, rehash, rehearse, reissue, reiterate, relate, remake, renew, reoccur, replay, reprise, reproduce, rerun, resay, reshow, retell, return, revert, revolve, rework, run over, sing same old song |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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