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recount

[ ri-kount ]

verb (used with object)

  1. to relate or narrate; tell in detail; give the facts or particulars of.

    Synonyms: describe

  2. to narrate in order.
  3. to tell one by one; enumerate.


recount

/ rɪˈkaʊnt /

verb

  1. tr to tell the story or details of; narrate
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Derived Forms

  • reˈcountal, noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of recount1

First recorded in 1425–75; late Middle English recounten, from Middle French reconter, equivalent to re- + conter “to tell, count.” See re-, count 1
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Word History and Origins

Origin of recount1

C15: from Old French reconter , from re- + conter to tell, relate; see count 1
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Synonym Study

See relate.
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Example Sentences

After their first date, Willie recounted a conversation they’d had about commitment.

As the Times video and our colleague Philip Bump recounted, the coronavirus numbers for South Dakota are pretty terrible.

In his other two books, On Wars and On Buildings, Prokopios recounts the magnificent achievements of this imperial couple.

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By candlelight, and through a Spanish interpreter, the Honduran mother recounted how she had managed to make it to Maryland.

As they recount in a study published in the journal Marine and Freshwater Behaviour and Physiology, the researchers even started to decipher some of the signals.

And the more she is forced to recount, the more her grasp of reality slips, or heightens, depending on your point of view.

Though a recount is likely, Grothman had a 215-vote lead in the initial tally.

But the Oscar put the kibosh on doubters; certainly nobody demanded a recount, save perhaps the four losers in his category.

She plays Lolly, an affable inmate who listens to Piper recount her gruesome bashing of Pennsatucky, whom she believes she killed.

The examples of this latest explosion of hypersensitivity are too numerous to recount, but a few should suffice.

Their beaming faces showed what heroes they considered themselves, and they longed to get on shore to recount their adventures.

Their salutation finished, these worthies proceed to recount the sport they have had on earth.

We would anticipate and partake the pleasure with which they will then recount the steps of New England's advancement.

It is inessential here to recount the details of these movements.

One of my difficulties was so peculiar that I will recount it.

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