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vertellen — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • narrate verb To tell a story or describe a sequence of events, in speech or writing.
  • rehearse verb To practise a performance, speech, or scene in preparation for the real thing.
  • relate verb To tell or describe an event or story.
  • tell verb To give someone information by speaking or writing; to say something to someone.

Senses

vertellen is used for these senses in English:

  • narrate (transitive) To relate (a story or series of events) in speech or writing.
  • rehearse (transitive) To narrate; to relate; to tell; to recount.
  • relate (transitive) To tell in a descriptive way.
  • tell (transitive) To order; to direct, to say to someone.
  • tell (transitive, or, intransitive) To discern, notice, identify or distinguish.

rehearse — full definition

  1. verb To practise a performance, speech, or scene in preparation for the real thing.
  2. verb To prepare and go over a story carefully so it sounds convincing.

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