English Explanatory Dictionary

recount

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Narration, account, description, rendering
verb
  1. To tell; narrate; to relate in detail.
  2. To rehearse; to enumerate.
noun
  1. A counting again, as of votes.
verb
  1. To count again.

Pronunciation

/ɹɪˈkaʊnt/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-recount.wav /ˈɹiːkaʊnt/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-recount2.wav /ɹiːˈkaʊnt/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-recount3.wav

Word forms

recount recounts recounting recounted

Etymology

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

Derived words

misrecount recountable recountal recounter recountless recountment unrecounted
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