to recount

24 3.9

To count something again to check it is correct

: recontar

Regroup and fight back, which means recount all the ballots in the battleground states immediately!

The eventual margin of his loss there was so small that by law, they, the state, had to recount the vote.

Examples

There's no need to recount if you can't prove a need for one.

Blog text (11)
I think every election should be recounted after the fact, just to verify.

Blog text (11)
All right, then, recount them.

Motorama (1991)
If you are going to recount early votes, then recount all of them.

Blog text (11)
The eventual margin of his loss there was so small that by law, they, the state, had to recount the vote.

GQ
Professor Sandel recounted the majority opinion in PGA Tour, Inc. v. Martin.

Academic text (2005)
Hasnain (1985) recounted 28 indigenous breeds of sheep in Pakistan.

Academic text (2014)
The officials decided to recount the votes to ensure accuracy after discovering discrepancies.
After the election result was challenged, the county had to recount all the ballots under supervision.
To verify the accuracy of the results, the team will recount the inventory before finalizing the report.

to recalculate

vsto recount

9 3.6

To calculate numbers again to correct or update them

is used to repeat a simple tally to check accuracy

to audit

17 4.2

to verify

251 3.5

to recount

24 3.9

to count

∞ 1.0

estimate

370 2.6

to guess

∞ 1.0

recount infinitive

recounted past

recounted past participle

recounting present participle

recounts third person singular

recount = count (transparent) = re + count

This is a standard and fully compositional use of 're-' meaning 'again' added to the verb 'count'.

To recount (verb) comes from re- 'again' and count 'to add up', so it means to count something again to check the total.