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

Derived Forms

• reˈcountal, noun

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of recount¹

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

Synonym Study

See relate.

Example Sentences

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

From Washington Post

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

From Washington Post

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

From Time

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

From Washington Post

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.

From Nautilus

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

From The Daily Beast

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

From The Daily Beast

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

From The Daily Beast

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

From The Daily Beast

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

From The Daily Beast

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

From Project Gutenberg

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

From Project Gutenberg

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

From Project Gutenberg

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

From Project Gutenberg

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

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

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