recount

English

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -aʊnt

Etymology 1

From Old Northern French and Anglo-Norman recunter, variant of Old French reconter.

Noun

recount (plural recounts)

  1. Retelling, narration, rendering
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Verb

recount (third-person singular simple present recounts, present participle recounting, simple past and past participle recounted)

  1. To tell; narrate; to relate in detail
    The old man recounted the tale of how he caught the big fish.
  2. (dated) To rehearse; to enumerate.
    to recount one's blessings
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Etymology 2

re- +‎ count

Noun

recount (plural recounts)

  1. A counting again, as of votes.
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Verb

recount (third-person singular simple present recounts, present participle recounting, simple past and past participle recounted)

  1. To count again.
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