recount
recount Lexical Profile
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• verb
To tell someone about something in detail; to give an account of an event or experience.
"The historian was invited to recount the events that led to the signing of the treaty."
To count something again, especially votes in an election or items in an inventory.
"The clerk had to recount the cash in the register after noticing a discrepancy on the receipt."
• noun
An act or instance of counting something again, especially the votes cast in a closely contested election.
"Because the margin of victory was less than half a percent, the election commission ordered an official recount."
A spoken or written account of past events or experiences; a narrative.
"Her vivid recount of the expedition captivated everyone in the lecture hall."
Word Nuance & Usage
When meaning 'to narrate a story,' the verb is stressed on the second syllable (ri-KOWNT). When meaning 'to count again' (often written as 're-count' to avoid ambiguity) or used as a noun for a second ballot tally, the stress typically shifts to the first syllable (REE-kownt).
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Word Origin & Etymology
The narrative sense derives from Middle English recounten, borrowed from Anglo-French recunter ('to relate or tell'), from re- and cunter ('to count or tell'). The sense of counting a second time was formed later in English from the prefix re- ('again') and count.