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recount v.
reiterate v.
repeat v.
restate v.

VERB

recount

Synonyms

STRONGEST

convey depict describe detail narrate portray recap recite rehash relate repeat tell

STRONG

delineate echo enumerate itemize picture recapitulate rehearse report state track unload verbalize

WEAK

break a story give an account of run by again run down run through say again

Antonyms

STRONGEST

conceal confuse hide misrepresent mix up suppress withhold

WEAK

repress

VERB

reiterate

Synonyms

STRONGEST

echo renew repeat restate

STRONG

ditto double-check ingeminate iterate recap recapitulate rehash reprise retell

WEAK

come again go over again recheck resay rewarn say again

Antonyms

WEAK

take back

VERB

repeat

Synonyms

STRONGEST

echo recite rehash reiterate renew replay restate

STRONG

chime din ditto imitate ingeminate iterate quote reappear recapitulate recast reciprocate reconstruct recrudesce recur redo refashion reform rehearse reissue relate remake reprise reproduce rerun retell return revert revolve rework

WEAK

come again drum into go over again hold over make like occur again play over read back reoccur resay reshow run over sing same old song

Antonyms

STRONG

destroy stop

VERB

restate

Synonyms

STRONGEST

echo rehash reiterate renew

STRONG

chime din ditto imitate ingeminate iterate quote reappear recapitulate recast reciprocate recite reconstruct recrudesce recur redo refashion reform rehearse reissue relate remake replay reprise reproduce rerun retell return revert revolve rework

WEAK

come again drum into go over again hold over make like occur again play over read back reoccur resay reshow run over sing same old song

Antonyms

STRONG

destroy stop

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"Seven years here is two years there. We are watching the event play back at quarter speed," he adds.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 7, 2025

“And I was happy to see him play back to back. It’s been a long journey for him, but he worked his tail off.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 6, 2025

Dee Eskridge with an illegal block in the back on his first play back.

From Seattle Times ● Oct. 29, 2023

And, when Faf de Klerk switched play back blind, the whole forward pack were waiting, at walking pace, within touching distance of each other.

From BBC ● Oct. 25, 2023

I just closed my eyes, and I slid to her until I could feel the warmth of my own face play back against hers, the reflection like an instant map of heat.

From "Native Speaker" by Chang-rae Lee

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