retweet
retweet verb: to repost or forward another user's message on the microblogging social networking website Twitter.
Verb
retweet (third-person singular simple present retweets, present participle retweeting, simple past and past participle retweeted)
- To repost or forward another user's message on the microblogging social networking website Twitter.
- Because your messages will be relevant to them, they are much more likely to retweet your messages and recommend that other people follow you on Twitter.2009, Geert Conard, Friends with Benefits, Networking in a New Economy
- And the web—particularly social media—provides countless opportunities for intertextuality, chances to recontextualize, retweet, repost, riposte.2023 February 3, Pia Ceres, “Quoting Taylor Swift Lyrics Is an Actual Linguistic Thing”, in Wired, San Francisco, C.A.: Condé Nast Publications, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 19 May 2023
Noun
retweet (plural retweets)
- A message reposted or forwarded in this way.
- You know it's an iPhone or iPad app, but those new to you, who came via a retweet or Twitter search, may not know which platform your app supports.2011, Dave Wooldridge, Michael Schneider, The Business of iPhone and iPad App Development, page 339
- According to Stewart's analysis, current case law makes it unlikely a retweeter would be held liable for a defamatory retweet […]2013, Daxton Stewart, Social Media and the Law, page 42
- Synonyms:
- RT
retweet meaning in Hindi
retweet in Hindi
- retweet
- रीट्वीट rīṭvīṭ
Examples of retweet in a sentence
- Following this retweet, several internet commentators responded to the title of the conference paper.
- And the web—particularly social media—provides countless opportunities for intertextuality, chances to recontextualize, retweet, repost, riposte.
- They feed on themselves: the more people tweet the more they are rewarded with followers and retweets.
Synonyms of retweet
Forms of retweet
| Verb | |
|---|---|
| third-person singular present | retweets |
| present participle | retweeting |
| past participle | retweeted |
| past | retweeted |
| Noun | |
| plural | retweets |
Origin of retweet
From re- + tweet.
Words formed from retweet
Questions about retweet
- What does retweet mean?
- Retweet means to repost or forward another user's message on the microblogging social networking website Twitter.
- What is retweet in Hindi?
- Retweet in Hindi is रीट्वीट (rīṭvīṭ). See Retweet meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is retweet?
- Retweet can be a verb or a noun.
- What is the past tense of retweet?
- The past tense of retweet is retweeted.
Words near retweet in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: retweet (page history and authors); रीट्वीट (Hindi) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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