recount

[ri-kount]

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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.

Origin of recount

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

Can be confusedrecant recountre-count recount

Synonyms for recount

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1. describe. See relate.

re-count

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

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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Related Words for recount

portray, recite, depict, rehash, relate, describe, detail, repeat, convey, recap, tell, narrate, delineate, picture, unload, track, itemize, rehearse, verbalize, state

Examples from the Web for recount

Contemporary Examples of recount

And the more she is forced to recount, the more her grasp of reality slips, or heightens, depending on your point of view.
A Novel Nearly Impossible to Review
Nicholas Mancusi
December 28, 2014
Though a recount is likely, Grothman had a 215-vote lead in the initial tally.
Wisconsin Nominates Wingnut to Congress
Ben Jacobs
August 13, 2014
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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Tom Shales
August 12, 2014
She plays Lolly, an affable inmate who listens to Piper recount her gruesome bashing of Pennsatucky, whom she believes she killed.
Lori Petty on ‘Orange Is the New Black,’ the Halcyon ‘90s, and Discovering Jennifer Lawrence
Marlow Stern
June 8, 2014
The examples of this latest explosion of hypersensitivity are too numerous to recount, but a few should suffice.
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Michael Moynihan
April 28, 2014

Historical Examples of recount

He then went on to recount her labors and sacrifices in behalf of her race.
Harriet, The Moses of Her People
Sarah H. Bradford
That settled, she had nothing to do but to recount her horrors over again.
Tales And Novels, Volume 9 (of 10)
Maria Edgeworth
Pierre, however, at once proceeded to recount the other apparitions.
The Three Cities Trilogy, Complete
Emile Zola
How you're always sure to call, And recount your reformation with the biggest speech of all?
Farm Ballads
Will Carleton
Occasionally she came to me to recount her triumphs and make me jealous.
The First Violin
Jessie Fothergill

British Dictionary definitions for recount

recount

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

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.

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.