recount

Noun (1)

recount (plural recounts)

1. Narration, account, description, rendering.

Verb (1)

recount (third-person singular simple present recounts, present participle recounting, simple past and past participle recounted)

1. To tell; narrate; to relate in detail.
   • The old man recounted the tale of how he caught the big fish.
   • 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
2. (dated) To rehearse; to enumerate.
   • to recount one's blessings

Noun (2)

IPA/ˈɹiːkaʊnt/

recount (plural recounts)

1. 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

Verb (2)

IPA/ˈɹiːkaʊnt/

recount (third-person singular simple present recounts, present participle recounting, simple past and past participle recounted)

1. 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