# recount

Pronunciation: say "REE-kownt" US /ˈɹiˌkaʊnt/, UK /ˈɹiːkaʊnt/

## Noun

1. A second counting, especially of votes, carried out to confirm or correct the original total.
   - Simple: A new count of votes or items, done to check that the first count was correct.
   - _Election officials ordered a recount after the margin narrowed to a few hundred votes._
   - _The close result triggered an automatic recount in three districts._
4. A narration or account of events; a description or rendering of something. (pronounced: say "ri-KOWNT" /ɹɪˈkaʊnt/)
   - Simple: A spoken or written description of something that happened.
   - _His vivid recount of the expedition captivated the entire audience._
   - _The historian's recount of the battle drew on letters and diaries._

## Verb

2. To tell or narrate something that happened, relating the events in detail. (pronounced: say "ri-KOWNT" /ɹɪˈkaʊnt/)
   - Simple: To tell a story or describe events in detail.
   - _The veteran would often recount his experiences during the war._
   - _In her memoir she recounts the years she spent abroad._
3. To count a set of things again, typically to verify or correct an earlier total. (pronounced: say "ree-KOWNT" US /ˌɹiˈkaʊnt/, UK /ˌɹiːˈkaʊnt/)
   - Simple: To count something a second time, often to check the first result.
   - _Volunteers were asked to recount the ballots by hand._
   - _The accountant recounted the inventory after finding a discrepancy._

## Verb

5. To recite or go over a series of things in order, naming each one in turn. *(dated)* (pronounced: say "ri-KOWNT" /ɹɪˈkaʊnt/)
   - Simple: To list things one by one, or go over them again in order.
   - _The old steward would recount the family's grievances at every gathering._
   - _In his speech he recounted each treaty the nation had signed._

## Origin

**Meanings 2, 4–5** — From Old Northern French and Anglo-Norman recunter, a variant of Old French reconter.
**Meanings 1, 3** — Formed from the prefix re- combined with count.

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