# retweet

Pronunciation: say "ree-TWEET" US /ɹiˈtwit/, UK /ɹiːˈtwiːt/

## Verb

1. To repost or forward another user's message on the social media platform Twitter, sharing it with your own followers.
   - Simple: To share someone else's Twitter message so your own followers can see it too.
   - _Journalists often retweet breaking news before they have verified all the details._
   - _The celebrity retweeted a young fan's drawing, and it went viral overnight._

## Noun

2. A message that has been reposted or forwarded by another user on the social media platform Twitter.
   - Simple: A Twitter message that someone has shared again so more people can see it.
   - _A single retweet from a popular account can send a small post viral._
   - _The campaign tracked retweets to measure how far its message had spread._

## Origin

Formed from the prefix "re-" combined with "tweet."

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/retweet (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).