Definition of RECOUNT

recount

Meanings

Plural: recounts

Noun

  • an additional (usually a second) count; especially of the votes in a close election
  • Narration, account, description, rendering
  • A counting again, as of votes.

Verb

  • narrate or give a detailed account of
  • count again
    • "We had to recount all the votes after an accusation of fraud was made"
  • To tell; narrate; to relate in detail
  • To rehearse; to enumerate.
  • To count again.

Origin / Etymology

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

Synonyms

narrate, recite, tell

Scrabble Score: 9

recount is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
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Words With Friends Score: 12

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