recount
verb (used with object)
to relate or narrate; tell in detail; give the facts or particulars of.
recounted
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past participleof recount.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof recount.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
recountverb (used with object)to relate or narrate; tell in detail; give the facts or particulars of.
Example Sentences
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In May, the actor published a memoir, “This Is Me: A Reckoning,” in which she recounted the struggles of celebrity.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 17, 2026
Melania, 56, recounted how she prayed as she fought to get her family to safety.
From Barron's ● Aug. 16, 2026
The Scot was asked to speak to the players before the tournament in Gleneagles by team captain Paul McGinley, where he recounted the story of the geese.
From BBC ● Aug. 13, 2026
A psychologist who worked for a VA in Arizona recounted how some of her one-on-one sessions were replaced with online group sessions that included as many as 35 veterans.
From Salon ● Aug. 12, 2026
She flittered around him like a pesky gnat, glad to have someone eager to listen to everything she had to say as she recounted our adventures on the banks of the Rio Grande.
From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall
