recount

  • 1Recount — 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 …

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  • 2Recount — est un téléfilm tourné en 2008 sur l élection présidentielle de 2000 aux États Unis. Ecrit par Danny Strong, réalisé par Jay Roach, produit par Kevin Spacey, ce dernier jouant le rôle titre dans le film. Recount fut diffusé par sur HBO le 25 mai… …

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  • 3recount — recount, re count The verb recount (with the stress on the second syllable) means ‘to tell in detail, narrate’. Re count (with hyphen) is both a verb (with the stress on the second syllable) meaning ‘to count again’ and a noun (with the stress on …

    Modern English usage

  • 4recount — Ⅰ. recount [1] ► VERB ▪ give an account of something. ORIGIN Old French reconter tell again . Ⅱ. recount [2] ► VERB ▪ count again. ► NOUN …

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  • 5Recount — Re*count (r[=e]*kount ), v. t. [Pref. re + count.] To count or reckon again. [1913 Webster] …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 6Recount — Re*count , n. A counting again, as of votes. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 7recount — I verb articulate, commemorare, communicate, convey, delineate, depict, describe, detail, divulge, enarrare, give an account, give the facts, give the particulars, hold forth, impart, iterate, narrate, particularize, picture, portray,… …

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  • 8recount — recite, *relate, rehearse, narrate, describe, state, report Analogous words: enumerate, *count, number, tell: detail, itemize, particularize (see corresponding adjectives at CIRCUMSTANTIAL) …

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  • 9recount — [v] tell a story break a story*, convey, delineate, depict, describe, detail, echo, enumerate, give an account of, itemize, narrate, picture, play back, portray, recap*, recapitulate, recite, rehash, rehearse, relate, repeat, report, run by… …

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  • 10recount — recount1 [ri kount′] vt. [ME recounten < Anglo Fr reconter: see RE & COUNT1] 1. to tell in detail; give an account of; narrate 2. to tell in order or one by one recount2 [rē΄kount′; ] for n. [ rē′kount΄] vt …

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