Meanings
recount1
present singular third person recounts · participle present recounting · participle past recounted · past recounted
- To tell; narrate; to relate in detail.
The old man recounted the tale of how he caught the big fish.
1 more example
As they undressed and lay down, she asked about his leg, which had hurt for two days while he was crossing the Indian Ocean but not since. He asked about the treasure; she recounted the trip to Ning-hsia Province.
2014, Sherry Thomas, My Beautiful Enemy (Romance), Headline Publishing Group, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 271 - datedTo rehearse; to enumerate.
to recount one's blessings
recount2
plural recounts
- A counting again, as of votes.
The Georgia Republican Party and US Rep. Doug Collins, a Georgia Republican who’s leading the Trump campaign’s recount efforts in the state, on Tuesday requested a pre-certification “manual hand recount of every ballot cast within the State of Georgia” for president.
2020 November 11, Veronica Stracqualursi, “Georgia to conduct full by-hand count of presidential race ballots, secretary of state says”, in CNN, archived from the original on 05 Mar 2021
present singular third person recounts · participle present recounting · participle past recounted · past recounted
- To count again.
Georgia’s secretary of state announced Wednesday that the state will conduct an audit of the 2020 presidential race, recounting by hand the millions of ballots cast in the state, where President-elect Joe Biden is leading.
2020 November 11, Veronica Stracqualursi, “Georgia to conduct full by-hand count of presidential race ballots, secretary of state says”, in CNN, archived from the original on 05 Mar 2021
Synonyms & antonyms
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
recount · noun, verb
- Anglo-Normanrecunter
- Englishrecount
From Old Northern French and Anglo-Norman recunter, variant of Old French reconter.
More words from Anglo-Norman
Full word history & related roots →recount · noun, verb
- Proto-Italic*wre-
- Latinre-
- Old Frenchre-
- Middle Englishre-
- Englishre-
- Proto-Indo-European*ḱe?
- Proto-Indo-European*ḱóm
- Proto-Italic*kom
- Proto-Italic*kom-
- Latincon-
- Latinputus
- Latinputō
- Latincomputō
- Anglo-Normancounter
- Middle Englishcounten
- Englishcount
- Englishrecount
Translations
Bulgarian разказ, описание
- разказ (razkaz)narration, description
- описание (opisanie)narration, description
- разка́звам (razkázvam)to tell, narrate
- разка́жа (razkáža)to tell, narrate
- преброявам отново (prebrojavam otnovo)to count again
Chinese Mandarin 述說 /述说, 敍述
- 述說 /述说 (shùshuō)to tell, narrate
- 敍述 (xùshù)to tell, narrate
- 叙述 (xùsù)to tell, narrate
- 詳述 /详述 (xiángshù)to tell, narrate
Czech vyprávět
- vyprávětto tell, narrate
Esperanto rakonti
- rakontito tell, narrate
Finnish kertomus, kertoa
- kertomusnarration, description
- kertoato tell, narrate
- tarkistuslaskentacounting again
- uudelleenlaskentacounting again
- laskea uudestaanto count again
- kertoa uudelleento count again
French raconter, recompter
- raconterto tell, narrate
- recompterto count again
German erzählen, berichten
- erzählento tell, narrate
- berichtento tell, narrate
Greek αφήγηση, διήγηση
- αφήγηση (afígisi)narration, description
- διήγηση (diígisi)narration, description
Hungarian elmesél, beszámol
- elmesélto tell, narrate
- beszámolto tell, narrate
- elbeszélto tell, narrate
- újraszámláláscounting again
- újraszámoláscounting again
- újraszámlálto count again
- újraszámolto count again
Italian resoconto, racconto
- resocontonarration, description
- raccontonarration, description
- raccontareto tell, narrate
- narrareto tell, narrate
- riconteggiocounting again
- riconteggiareto count again
Japanese 物語る, 詳述する
- 物語る (monogataru)to tell, narrate
- 詳述する (shōjutsu suru)to tell, narrate
- 再集計 (saishūkei)counting again
Latin traloquor, memoro
- traloquorto tell, narrate
- memoroto tell, narrate
- traloquorto count again
Māori pūrongorongo
- pūrongorongoto tell, narrate
Persian بازگفتن
- بازگفتن (bâzgoftan)to tell, narrate
Polish opowiadać, opowiedzieć
- opowiadaćto tell, narrate
- opowiedziećto tell, narrate
Portuguese recontar, relatar
- recontarto tell, narrate
- relatarto tell, narrate
- recontagemcounting again
- recontarto count again
Russian переска́з, расска́з
- переска́з (pereskáz)narration, description
- расска́з (rasskáz)narration, description
- изложе́ние (izložénije)narration, description
- расска́зывать (rasskázyvatʹ)to tell, narrate
- рассказа́ть (rasskazátʹ)to tell, narrate
- излага́ть (izlagátʹ)to tell, narrate
- изложи́ть (izložítʹ)to tell, narrate
- переска́зывать (pereskázyvatʹ)to tell, narrate
- пересказа́ть (pereskazátʹ)to tell, narrate
- пересчёт (peresčót)counting again
- пересчи́тывать (peresčítyvatʹ)to count again
- пересчита́ть (peresčitátʹ)to count again
Scottish Gaelic ath-chunntadh
- ath-chunntadhcounting again
Slovak porozprávať
- porozprávaťto tell, narrate
Spanish recontar
- recontarto tell, narrate
Swedish redogörelse, berättelse
- redogörelsenarration, description
- berättelsenarration, description
- uppgiftnarration, description
- redogörato tell, narrate
- berättato tell, narrate
- uppgeto tell, narrate
- omräkningcounting again
- räkna omto count again
Ukrainian ро́зповідь, розповіда́ння
- ро́зповідь (rózpovidʹ)narration, description
- розповіда́ння (rozpovidánnja)narration, description
- розповіда́ти (rozpovidáty)to tell, narrate
- розпові́сти (rozpovísty)to tell, narrate
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with recount
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Cite this entry
recount. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/recount
“recount.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/recount. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “recount,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/recount.
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