Definition of recount Recount
/ɹɪkawˈnt/ - [rikawnt] - re•count
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What does recount mean?
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NounPlural: recounts |
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| recount - an additional (usually a second) count; especially of the votes in a close election | ||
| counting, enumeration, numeration, count, reckoning, tally a numbered list | ||
Verb |
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| recount - count again; "We had to recount all the votes after an accusation of fraud was made" | ||
| enumerate, numerate, number, count specify individually; "She enumerated the many obstacles she had encountered"; "The doctor recited the list of possible side effects of the drug" | ||
| recount - narrate or give a detailed account of; "Tell what happened"; "The father told a story to his child" | ||
| tell, narrate, recite | ||
| inform give character or essence to; "The principles that inform modern teaching" | ||
| relate give an account of; "The witness related the events" | ||
| crack break into simpler molecules by means of heat; "The petroleum cracked" | ||
| yarn tell or spin a yarn | ||
| rhapsodise, rhapsodize say (something) with great enthusiasm | ||
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- recount (Noun)
A counting again, as of votes. - recount (Verb)
To count or reckon again. - recount (Verb)
To tell over; to relate in detail; to recite; to tell or narrate the particulars of; to rehearse; to enumerate; as, to recount one's blessings.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- recount (v. t.)
To count or reckon again. - recount (n.)
A counting again, as of votes. - recount (v.)
To tell over; to relate in detail; to recite; to tell or narrate the particulars of; to rehearse; to enumerate; as, to recount one's blessings.
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recount
To talk about a story giving its details; to give a detailed account of.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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recount
rē-kownt′, v.t. to count again: to tell over again: to narrate the particulars of: to detail.—n. a second or repeated count.—ns. Recount′al, Recount′ment, relation in detail, recital. [O. Fr. reconter—re-, again, conter, to tell.]
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