Recount Meaning
/ɹɪˈkaʊnt/Definition, CEFR level B1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
nounNarration, account, description, rendering
verbTo tell; narrate; to relate in detail.
Sentence Examples
Here he began to recount his misfortune in detail.
We demanded a recount.
CEFR Practice Quiz
Witnesses were asked to ____ the events of the robbery they saw.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The losing candidate demanded a ____ of the ballots after the margin of victory was just forty votes.
Word Origin & History
From Old Northern French and Anglo-Norman recunter, variant of Old French reconter.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"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."
— 2014, Sherry Thomas, My Beautiful Enemy (Romance), Headline Publishing Group, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 271:
"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."
— 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:
"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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CEFR Practice Quiz
Witnesses were asked to ____ the events of the robbery they saw.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The losing candidate demanded a ____ of the ballots after the margin of victory was just forty votes.