recount

[ ri-kount ]

/ rɪˈkaʊnt /

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verb (used with object)

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

to narrate in order.

to tell one by one; enumerate.

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Origin of recount

1425–75; late Middle English recounten < Middle French reconter, equivalent to re- re- + conter to tell, count¹

SYNONYMS FOR recount

1. describe. See relate.

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Can be confusedrecant recountre-count recount

re-count

[ verb ree-kount; noun ree-kount, ree-kount ]

/ verb riˈkaʊnt; noun ˈriˌkaʊnt, riˈkaʊnt /

verb (used with object)

to count again.

noun

a second or additional count, as of votes in an election.

Origin of re-count

First recorded in 1755–65; re- + count¹

Can be confusedre-count recount

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Examples from the Web for recount

And the more she is forced to recount, the more her grasp of reality slips, or heightens, depending on your point of view.
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Though a recount is likely, Grothman had a 215-vote lead in the initial tally.
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But the Oscar put the kibosh on doubters; certainly nobody demanded a recount, save perhaps the four losers in his category.
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She plays Lolly, an affable inmate who listens to Piper recount her gruesome bashing of Pennsatucky, whom she believes she killed.
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The examples of this latest explosion of hypersensitivity are too numerous to recount, but a few should suffice.
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At a public dance, an Indian may recount some particular brave deed.
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It would be almost endless to recount all the interesting facts and narratives with which Van Dale has enriched his book.
A Philosophical Dictionary, Volume 8 (of 10)|Franois-Marie Arouet (AKA Voltaire)
Indeed, it were tedious to recount the various opinions of various disciples.
The City of God, Volume I|Aurelius Augustine
Nor can we recount his important work in other branches of biology further than has been already done in the foregoing pages.
Life of Charles Darwin|G. T. (George Thomas) Bettany
After djeuner we shall proceed to be lightning-conducted again, and I shall duly collect a few more adventures to recount.
The Lightning Conductor|C. N. Williamson

British Dictionary definitions for recount

recount

/ (rɪˈkaʊnt) /

verb

(tr) to tell the story or details of; narrate

Derived Formsrecountal, noun

Word Origin for recount

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

re-count

verb (riːˈkaʊnt)

to count (votes, etc) again

noun (ˈriːˌkaʊnt)

a second or further count, esp of votes in a closely contested election

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Word Origin and History for recount

recount

v.1

"to tell," mid-15c., also recompt, from Old North French and Anglo-French reconter (12c., Modern French raconter), from Old French re- (see re-) + conter "to relate, reckon" (see count (v)). Related: Recounted; recounting.

recount

also re-count, "a new count" (especially in an election), 1855, American English, from re- + count (n).

v.2

also re-count, "to enumerate again," 1764, from re- + count (v). Related: Recounted; recounting.

recount

verb (used with object)

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