recount
Americanverb (used with object)
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to relate or narrate; tell in detail; give the facts or particulars of.
- Synonyms:
- describe
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to narrate in order.
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to tell one by one; enumerate.
verb
"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012Related Words
See relate.
Other Word Forms
- recountal noun
Etymology
Origin of recount
First recorded in 1425–75; late Middle English recounten, from Middle French reconter, equivalent to re- + conter “to tell, count.” See re-, count 1
Example Sentences
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The mother became visibly distraught as she recounted how she had helped fund Thierno's journey to Spain.
From Barron's
"We've been pushing for this for years but we've been struggling to put it at the core of the European policy," said Tinagli, who recounts meeting numerous mayors urging action at EU level.
From Barron's
The book’s most edifying compilations recount the Soviet people’s unconquerable yearning to live, create and love freely, despite the daily menaces of a police state and deafening propaganda.
Finally, he said when he recounted this exchange to Variety decades later, the studio executive asked Reiner to name his next film.
His story is an astonishing credit to Guan Heng’s desire to live in freedom, as recounted in an article by Lu Jingwei in Human Rights in China on Substack on which this editorial is based.
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