recount
verb (used with object)
to relate or narrate; tell in detail; give the facts or particulars of.
recounts
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present tense formof recount (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
Example Sentences
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In his first autobiography, Managing My Life, he recounts the experience like this:
From BBC ● Sep. 9, 2026
A warning alert sounded, but the elderly woman was "too old to run", he recounts.
From Barron's ● Sep. 1, 2026
Cyborg doesn't have to think for long as she recounts other standout moments in her career.
From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026
“Besides the fact that they were both hands-on with our career, these are two people who were our besties,” BG recounts.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 17, 2026
She recounts events from her spiritualist days, delighted when he finds the endeavor as absurd as she had at the time.
From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern
