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Narrate

To tell, rehearse, or recite, as a story; to relate the particulars of; to go through with in detail, as an incident or transaction; to give an account of.

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Manner of action 4

Crack 76% connected

To break or burst, with or without entire separation of the parts; as, to crack glass; to crack nuts.

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Relate 76% connected

To bring back; to restore.

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Rhapsodize 76% connected

To utter as a rhapsody, or in the manner of a rhapsody

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Yarn 76% connected

Spun wool; woolen thread; also, thread of other material, as of cotton, flax, hemp, or silk; material spun and prepared for use in weaving, knitting,…

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Broader term 1

Inform 76% connected

Without regular form; shapeless; ugly; deformed.

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Narration 74% connected

The act of telling or relating the particulars of an event; rehearsal; recital.

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Narration 74% connected

The act of telling or relating the particulars of an event; rehearsal; recital.

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Narrative 74% connected

Of or pertaining to narration; relating to the particulars of an event or transaction.

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Narrative 74% connected

Of or pertaining to narration; relating to the particulars of an event or transaction.

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Recital 74% connected

The act of reciting; the repetition of the words of another, or of a document; rehearsal; as, the recital of testimony.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Recital 74% connected

The act of reciting; the repetition of the words of another, or of a document; rehearsal; as, the recital of testimony.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Synonym 3

Recite 92% connected

To repeat, as something already prepared, written down, committed to memory, or the like; to deliver from a written or printed document, or from reco…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Recount 92% connected

To count or reckon again.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Tell 92% connected

To mention one by one, or piece by piece; to recount; to enumerate; to reckon; to number; to count; as, to tell money.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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