recount C1 Topic:Numbers & Quantity US /ɹɪˈkaʊnt/ See IPA manual Freq #23073 Meanings 1 verb To tell someone about something in detail. The old man recounted the story of how he caught the huge fish. 2 verb To count something again. They had to recount all the votes after the result was challenged. 3 noun A second count, especially of votes in an election. The losing candidate demanded a recount of the ballots. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 verb · to tell someone about... narraterecitetell Word family Forms recountedrecountingrecounts Etymology AI details From Old Northern French and Anglo-Norman recunter, variant of Old French reconter. recunter xno View etymology graph -> Topics Numbers & Quantity External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # recount **Type:** Word **Level:** C1 **Part of speech:** verb, noun **IPA (US):** /ɹɪˈkaʊnt/ **Frequency rank:** 23073 ## Meanings 1. To tell someone about something in detail. 2. To count something again. 3. A second count, especially of votes in an election. ## Examples - The old man recounted the story of how he caught the huge fish. - They had to recount all the votes after the result was challenged. - The losing candidate demanded a recount of the ballots. ## Roots and Affixes - Root: recunter ## Etymology From Old Northern French and Anglo-Norman recunter, variant of Old French reconter. ## AI Etymology Recount comes from Old Northern French and Anglo-Norman recunter, variant of Old French reconter. The historical chain includes recunter (Anglo-Norman). In present use it covers to tell someone about something in detail, to count something again, and a second count, especially of votes in an election. ## Topics - Numbers & Quantity markdown