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to say, state, or perform again; "She kept reiterating her request"
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repeat,
reiterate,
ingeminate,
iterate,
restate |
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tell discern or comprehend; "He could tell that she was unhappy"
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perseverate psychology: repeat a response after the cessation of the original stimulus; "The subjects in this study perseverated"
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ditto repeat an action or statement; "The next speaker dittoed her argument"
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harp,
dwell come back to; "Don't dwell on the past"; "She is always harping on the same old things"
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interpret,
translate,
render make sense of; assign a meaning to; "What message do you see in this letter?"; "How do you interpret his behavior?"
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paraphrase,
rephrase,
reword express the same message in different words
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summarise,
summarize,
sum up,
resume be a summary of; "The abstract summarizes the main ideas in the paper"
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quote,
cite put quote marks around; "Here the author is quoting his colleague"
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make into fiction; "The writer fictionalized the lives of his parents in his latest novel"
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fictionalize,
fictionalise |
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re-create form anew in the imagination; recollect and re-form in the mind; "His mind re-creates the entire world"
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render verbally, "recite a poem"; "retell a story"
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recite |
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re-create form anew in the imagination; recollect and re-form in the mind; "His mind re-creates the entire world"
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