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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Two months after arriving, he contracted typhoid fever and was hospitalized for the first time in his life, as he recounted to Allen.
From Barron's ● Nov. 5, 2026
Professional investors who spoke with MarketWatch recounted examples where expectations were dashed by actual returns.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 3, 2026
Prior the first match, McDermott recounted Australia prop Tino Fa'asuamaleaui's admiration for the strength of the English pack during last year's Ashes series.
From BBC ● Oct. 30, 2026
Today, when the Founding Fathers’ names are recounted, Wilson’s is rarely among them.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026
What tales of daring and adventure must earlier have been recounted as sailors and navigators, practical men of the world, gambled their lives on the mathematics of a scientist from Alexandria?
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
