recount
Etymology 1

From fro-nor - and Anglo-Norman recunter, variant of Old French reconter.

Pronunciation
  • IPA: /ɹɪˈkaʊnt/
Noun

recount (plural recounts)

  1. Narration, account, description, rendering
Translations Verb

recount (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
Translations Etymology 2

From re- + count.

Pronunciation
  • (noun) IPA: /ˈɹiːkaʊnt/
  • (verb) IPA: /ɹiːˈkaʊnt/
Noun

recount (plural recounts)

  1. A counting again, as of votes.
Translations Verb

recount (recounts, present participle recounting; simple past and past participle recounted)

  1. To count again.
Translations


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