recount
English edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Old Northern French and Anglo-Norman recunter, variant of Old French reconter.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
recount (plural recounts)
- Narration, account, description, rendering
Translations edit
narration, description
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Verb edit
recount (third-person singular simple present recounts, present participle recounting, simple past and past participle recounted)
- To tell; narrate; to relate in detail
- The old man recounted the tale of how he caught the big fish.
- (dated) To rehearse; to enumerate.
- to recount one's blessings
Translations edit
to tell, narrate
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Etymology 2 edit
Pronunciation edit
- (noun) IPA(key): /ˈɹiːkaʊnt/
Audio (Southern England) (file) - (verb) IPA(key): /ɹiːˈkaʊnt/
Audio (Southern England) (file)
Noun edit
recount (plural recounts)
- A counting again, as of votes.
Translations edit
counting again
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Verb edit
recount (third-person singular simple present recounts, present participle recounting, simple past and past participle recounted)
- To count again.
Translations edit
to count again
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