recount
1 of 3verb (1)
re·count ri-ˈkau̇nt 
recounted; recounting; recounts
transitive verb
: to relate in detail : narrate
recounter noun
recount
2 of 3verb (2)
re·count (ˌ)rē-ˈkau̇nt
recounted; recounting; recounts
transitive verb
: to count again
recount
3 of 3noun
re·count ˈrē-ˌkau̇nt
(ˌ)rē-ˈkau̇nt
: a second or fresh count
Synonyms
Verb (1)
- chart
- chronicle
- describe
- narrate
- recite
- rehearse
- relate
- report
- tell
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Example Sentences
Noun The election was very close and the loser demanded a recount.
Word History
Etymology
Verb (1)
Middle English, from Anglo-French recunter, from re- + cunter to count, relate — more at count
Verb (2)
re- + count
First Known Use
Verb (1)
15th century, in the meaning defined above
Verb (2)
1764, in the meaning defined above
Noun
1850, in the meaning defined above
Kids Definition
recount 1 of 3
verb
re·count ri-ˈkau̇nt
recounted; recounting
: to tell all about : narrate
She recounted her adventures.
recount
2 of 3verb
re·count ˌrē-ˈkau̇nt
recounted; recounting
: to count again
recount
3 of 3noun
re·count ˈrē-ˌkau̇nt
-ˈkau̇nt
: a counting again (as of election votes)
recounts 1 of 2
verb
as in describes
to give an oral or written account of in some detail a novel that recounted an American soldier's adventures among the samurai warriors of 19th-century Japan Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- describes
- chronicles
- narrates
- tells
- relates
- reports
- recites
- depicts
- sets forth
- rehearses
- details
- charts
- states
- voices
- reveals
- discloses
- divulges
- itemizes
- enumerates
- expresses
- utters
- particularizes
- exposes
- delivers
- delineates
- gives
- bares
- reels off
- sketches
- renders
- lets on (about)
recounts
2 of 2noun
as in amounts
Synonyms & Similar Words
- amounts
- totals
- counts
- sums
- tallies
- tales
- censuses
- scores
- wholes
- grosses
- de'franceschi
- de-adjectival
- de-air
- de-conflict
- de-conflicted
- de-conflicting
- de-conflicts
- de-emanate
- de-emanation
- de-emphases
- de-emphasis
- de-emphasize
- de-emphasized
- de-emphasizes
- de-emphasizing
- de-emulsify
- de-energize
- de-energized
- de-energizes
- de-energizing
- de-escalate
- de-escalated
- de-escalates
- de-escalating
- de-escalation