nnoun.communicationan act of narrationSynset:relation telling
Examples:- he was the hero according to his own relation
- his endless recounting of the incident eventually became unbearable
Derivationally Related Form:recounttellrelate
Hypernyms:narration recital yarn
Inherited Hypernyms:relationnarrationreportinformingspeech actacteventpsychological featureabstractionentity
vverb.communicationnarrate or give a detailed account ofSynset:narrate recite recount tell
Examples:- Tell what happened
- The father told a story to his child
Derivationally Related Form:narratortellernarrationrecitaltellingrecountingtalenarrative
Hypernyms:inform
Inherited Hypernyms:tellinformcommunicateinteractact
Direct Hyponyms:crackrelaterhapsodiserhapsodizeyarn
Full Troponyms:crackrelaterhapsodizeyarn
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Something ---s something | Somebody ---s something to somebody | Somebody ---s somebody something (apply to: tell) | They won't --- the story (apply to: narrate, recount, tell) | The parents --- a French poem to the children (apply to: recite)
vverb.communicationcount againExamples:- We had to recount all the votes after an accusation of fraud was made
Derivationally Related Form:recount
Hypernyms:count enumerate number numerate
Inherited Hypernyms:recountcountdetermine
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something