recountverb [ T ]
usuk/rɪˈkaʊnt/formalrecount verb [ T ] (DESCRIBE)
to describe how something happened, or to tell a story:
He recounted his adventures since he had left home.
[ + question word ] He was fond of recounting how he had played professional football when he was 19.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Describing & telling stories
- narrate
- narration
- narrator
- omniscient narrator
- personalize
- personify
- recitation
- recite
- relate
- report
- self-report
- spin
- storyteller