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recounting

recounting is the present participle and gerund of recount.

Meaning of recount

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.
  2. (dated) To rehearse; to enumerate.
    • to recount one's blessings

Verb (2)

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

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Noun

recounting (plural recountings)

  1. An act in which something is recounted
    • Months after his first mention of the book he was still obsessing, daily it seemed, about minutiae of the Chambers-Alger Hiss espionage confrontation, while his sidekicks histrionically greeted his recountings with a chorus of groans and protests of the “not-again” variety.2007 April 15, Sam Tanenhaus, “Playing Along With Imus”, in New York Times
    Synonyms:
    recountal

Synonyms of recounting

Forms of recounting

pluralrecountings

Questions about recounting

What does recounting mean?
Recounting means an act in which something is recounted.
What is recounting the present participle and gerund of?
Recounting is the present participle and gerund of recount.
What part of speech is recounting?
Recounting is a noun.
What is the plural of recounting?
The plural of recounting is recountings.

Words near recounting in the dictionary

  1. recounteracted
  2. recounteracting
  3. recounteracts
  4. recounters
  5. recounteth
  6. recounting
  7. recountings
  8. recountless
  9. recountment
  10. recountments
  11. recounts

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