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To recount is to tally or count something again, or to tell someone about events that occurred.

(verb)

When you count votes twice for an election, the second tallying is an example of a time when you recount votes.
When you tell your husband all about the conversation you had with your boss, this is an example of a time when you recount the conversation.

The definition of a recount is a retelling of events.

(noun)

When you repeat a conversation you had earlier and tell a friend every detail, this is an example of a time when your friend gets a recount of the conversation.

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See recount in Webster's New World College Dictionary

transitive verb

to tell in detail; give an account of; narrate
to tell in order or one by one

Origin: ME recounten < Anglo-Fr reconter: see re- & count

transitive verb

to count again

noun

a second or additional count, as of votes

See recount in American Heritage Dictionary 4

transitive verb re·count·ed, re·count·ing, re·counts

To narrate the facts or particulars of. See Synonyms at describe.
To enumerate.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English recounten

Origin: , from Old French reconter

Origin: : re-, re-

Origin: + conter, relate; see count¹

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Related Forms:

re·countˈal noun

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