recount

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
9
Words With Friends
12
Letters
7
Pronunciation
/ɹɪˈkaʊnt/
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/ɹɪˈkaʊnt/ · /ˈɹiːkaʊnt/ · /ɹiːˈkaʊnt/

Definition of recount

5 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. Narration, account, description, rendering
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noun

  1. Narration, account, description, rendering
  2. 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.”

verb

  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.”
  2. (dated)To rehearse; to enumerate.
    “to recount one's blessings”
  3. 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.”

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Etymology

From Old Northern French and Anglo-Norman recunter, variant of Old French reconter.

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