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I'm looking for a (better) word for retracing a conversation to determine how it progressed?
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Will any of these do, tC?
Synonyms: change, discuss, reiterate, repeat, rephrase, restate, reuse, rework, rewrite, say again, state differently
Source: Roget's New Millennium™ Thesaurus, First Edition (v 1.1.1)
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Sorry, Jackie. I should have mentioned that I've already gone the thesaurus route. I'm looking for something that doesn't suggest an editing sense, as do most of those; but rather a simple search for the facts. (Hi joe!)
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reread? analysis? reanalysis?
formerly known as etaoin...
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How about "review"?
Funny ~ as I run mentally through all the re- words, I notice how they all have established meanings other than that sought. Retrace, review, replay ...
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Possibly reflect; but I think I'd go for analyze. (Btw, if you hadn't specified "a" word, I'd have put think back. That's what I do quite often: think back over a conversation.)
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think back..
Now we're narrowing in; recall, recollect.. retrace.
"If you'll recollect the stages to our agreement at the last meeting, we can end this discussion quickly." "Yes, let's retrace the steps."
wwh suggests recapitulate.
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or you could be looking for re-frame.
'framing' is a now a popular word (but i known and used it over 10 years.. i active try to practice a positive reframe.
sometimes, when we recall a conversation, we can learn to 'hear' the same words, but re hear the meaning behind them.
--i remember once, having a guy say 'you're looking particularly nice today' and it was clear he was insulting me.. the way he emphisized words, it made it clear he was surprize i ever looked nice..
only guy once commented on my fat ass.. and this was one of the nicest compliments i ever recieved..
there is so much to word, and language, as we replay a conversation over and over again, the words can change meaning right before our eyes. (and ears)
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