recount
verb (used with object)
to relate or narrate; tell in detail; give the facts or particulars of.
have recounted
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present perfectof recount.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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What I have recounted is what Segal called her ur-story, and some version of it prefaces every article written about her.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 18, 2026
Some of his aides have recounted this compulsion in books they’ve written after leaving office.
From Slate ● Sep. 11, 2024
It is not the only display of bravery that eyewitnesses have recounted.
From BBC ● Apr. 13, 2024
While there isn’t footage of the actual speech, observers have recounted its humor.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 15, 2023
When at last the flow of my words slows and thins, when I have recounted the final chapter, silence comes.
From "Beast Rider" by Tony Johnston & María Elena Fontanot de Rhoads
