recount
Plural: recounts
Noun
- an additional (usually a second) count; especially of the votes in a close election
- Narration, account, description, rendering
- A counting again, as of votes.
Verb
Verb Forms: recounted, recounting, recounts
- To relate in detail; to tell a story or event.
- narrate or give a detailed account of
- count again
- "We had to recount all the votes after an accusation of fraud was made"
- To tell; narrate; to relate in detail
- To rehearse; to enumerate.
- To count again.
Examples
- He loved to recount the tale of his epic 100-point play in Scrabble.
- The old man recounted the tale of how he caught the big fish.
- to recount one's blessings
Origin / Etymology
From Old Northern French and Anglo-Norman recunter, variant of Old French reconter.
Scrabble Score: 9
recount: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordrecount: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
recount: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary
Words With Friends Score: 12
recount: valid Words With Friends Word