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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
recount
I.verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
how
▪ He mentioned the goal but I don't remember recounting how it took happened.
▪ Prosecutor Greg Jacobs called on each woman to recount how she had suffered during and after an attack by Davis.
▪ Their relations were always cordial and, in his memoirs, Hedilla recounts how they often talked of politics.
■ NOUN
event
▪ He came to see her every evening and asked her to recount the events of that day.
▪ The stories themselves do not, however, recount an exceptional event, indeed they seldom focus on a single event at all.
▪ The others, however, told their anecdotes with no moral comment whatsoever, even though they had to recount some hair-raising events.
▪ Mandisa alternates between recounting the events on the day of the crime and remembering the past in a series of flashbacks.
experience
▪ What is so bad in recounting our experiences, cultures, dreams and visions in our own anecdotal fashion?
▪ It featured a series of comedy skits and a half-dozen songs, all loosely recounting the colonial experience.
▪ Then get him to recount his experiences and suggestions to the church council.
▪ Teacher after teacher recounted similar experiences at all grade levels.
▪ Don Bradbury recounts experiences and passes on some tips.
history
▪ Having recounted this history, Lanfranc mentioned that there were professions of obedience to Canterbury, all testifying to its primatial position.
story
▪ One of them looked at her as if she were mad as she recounted the story.
▪ He is enjoying recounting this story.
▪ With great relish he would recount the story of how he had surprised Branson one morning outside his house in Denbigh Terrace.
▪ Then he recounted a personal story he must have repeated a hundred times before.
▪ Will recounts a story about Carol Jung, a contemporary of Freud and one of the fathers of modern psychoanalysis.
▪ Witness after witness recounted stories of vanished fortunes and the hopeless struggle for recognition of their rightful claims.
▪ A modern Roman Catholic authority recounts a story which brings them up to the fourth century - the time of Constantine.
▪ Mandylor, also a writer, wears black fingerless gloves and broods magnificently while recounting stories of orgiastic dances in St-Tropez.
tale
▪ Certainly, he seemed strangely quiet and bemused as he recounted the extraordinary tale.
▪ They saw a sometimes remorseful, if inarticulate and profane, Davis recount his now-familiar tale of killing 12-year-old Polly.
▪ So far he hasn't had too many problems but doubtless he could recount some interesting tales!
▪ I spend a lot of time recounting tales of woe from friends and readers, but this one is my own.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ "The plane dropped slowly," passenger Ken Argos recounted.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ A modern Roman Catholic authority recounts a story which brings them up to the fourth century - the time of Constantine.
▪ Brady recounts in a recent interview.
▪ But Menem later reacted with displeasure to a Vanity Fair article by Madonna in which she recounted the hectic process of filming.
▪ Mandylor, also a writer, wears black fingerless gloves and broods magnificently while recounting stories of orgiastic dances in St-Tropez.
▪ Resnick has written two books recounting Simpsons alleged mistreatment of his wife, who believed that he eventually would kill her.
▪ This mildly picaresque novel recounts a boy's flight from prep school to an eventful weekend in New York.
▪ What is so bad in recounting our experiences, cultures, dreams and visions in our own anecdotal fashion?
▪ Would seeing a re-run of the incident, as he had recounted it, help Terry Gill to a firmer conclusion?
II.noun
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ Opponents demanded a recount.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ A hand recount across Florida, he said, might be acceptable.
▪ Al Gore successfully sought recounts in the four counties most favourable to him.
▪ But what if the recount in Florida does go Gore's way?
▪ Democrats say the errors suggest a manual recount would show that Gore won Florida.
▪ I am still trying to get them to do the recount.
▪ In a press conference, Bush supporters used the strongest language so far to impugn the legitimacy of the continued Florida recounts.
▪ The swing to Gore in the recounts in Broward and hapless Palm Beach counties helped cement the party too.
▪ Wilder narrowly defeated his Republican opponent in November 1989, his 6,700-vote victory being confirmed only after a recount.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Recount

Recount \Re*count"\ (r[-e]*kount"), v. t. [F. raconter to relate, to recount; pref. re- again + ? (L. ad.) + conter to relate. See Count, v.] To tell over; to relate in detail; to recite; to tell or narrate the particulars of; to rehearse; to enumerate; as, to recount one's blessings.
--Dryden.

To all his angels, who, with true applause, Recount his praises.
--Milton.

Recount

Recount \Re*count"\ (r[=e]*kount"), v. t. [Pref. re- + count.] To count or reckon again.

Recount

Recount \Re*count"\, n. A counting again, as of votes.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
recount

"to tell," mid-15c., also recompt, from Old North French and Anglo-French reconter (12c., Modern French raconter), from Old French re- (see re-) + conter "to relate, reckon" (see count (v)). Related: Recounted; recounting.

recount

also re-count, "a new count" (especially in an election), 1855, American English, from re- + count (n).

recount

also re-count, "to enumerate again," 1764, from re- + count (v). Related: Recounted; recounting.

Wiktionary
recount

Etymology 1 n. Retelling, narration, rendering vb. 1 To tell over; to relate in detail; to recite; to tell or narrate the particulars of. 2 (context dated English) To rehearse; to enumerate. Etymology 2

n. A counting again, as of votes. vb. To count or reckon again.

WordNet
recount
  1. n. an additional (usually a second) count; especially of the votes in a close election

  2. v. narrate or give a detailed account of; "Tell what happened"; "The father told a story to his child" [syn: tell, narrate, recite]

  3. count again; "We had to recount all the votes after an accusation of fraud was made"

Wikipedia
Recount (film)

Recount is a 2008 television film about the 2000 United States presidential election. The political drama was written by Danny Strong, directed by Jay Roach, and produced by Michael Haussman. It premiered on HBO on May 25, 2008. The DVD was released on August 19, 2008.

Usage examples of "recount".

In recounting her experiences as the pioneer of Christian Science, she states that she sought knowledge concerning the physical side in this research through the different schools of allopathy, homeopathy, and so forth, without receiving any real satisfaction.

Dully, she recounted the story of her first sight of Brun arguing with her father, and what followed, up to the point where Barin arrived.

He had told of his adventures with the proper mixture of awe and braggadocio, recounted the wonders that he had seen, and returned to his studies and virtventures.

The article went on to recount the sexual harassment brouhaha of the previous fall, which had not involved her at all but had made life at headquarters unpleasant for everyone for a month or two.

He then recounts numerous abuses and malversations on the part of the governor.

She quickly recounted the tale of the hallucinatory terrain Parell Hyath had used to try delaying the company from Corwell, while Tristan frowned in displeasure mingled with confusion.

All this Passepartout learned from Aouda, who recounted to him what had taken place on the voyage from Hong Kong to Shanghai on the Tankadere, in company with one Mr.

The article recounted several real estate deals gone sour, among them a construction project down in Baja named Playa del Sol: high-end condos peddled to American retirees lured by American-style luxury living at Mexican prices.

One that had come to court before we Polos arrived was still being recounted and discussed and argued over.

Perhaps most revealingly, Poundstone recounts studies which show that an interviewer usually makes up his mind about a candidate within the first few seconds of meeting her, and the rest of the interview is merely an exercise in confirming first impressions.

Sappha, at a imiling nod from Sister, removed the Baroness to a mall cubicle to make her ready, and presently wheeled her out once more to meet the radiographer and Mijnheer de Winter, who wrung her hand jelightedly and listened with relish while the Baroness recounted the rescue of the puppy.

Becker was recounting his life story to Reamer and his family in an attempt to persuade Reamer that he was not the kind of guy to go bumping off idealistic young unicorn ladies to get at their horns.

There had been a murder since thentwo, if one counted the killing recounted in the renumbered report.

Only if the man was even more influential, richer and than Shareef, would she have to call Shareef to rescue her and he would do this quickly and with his usual charm, eyes flashing with an easy smile as he recounted an anecdote to defuse the situation.

Everything he was told fascinated Wellearn, and above all he was seized by the tales of the New Star which Chard and Shash and Embery recounted.