to recount
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4.1
- verb
- /rɪˈkaʊnt/
:
contar
- He was asked to recount the events leading up to the accident.
- recount a story
- recount an experience
- recount an incident
Can you can you recount that, that insane story?
- Can you can you recount that, that insane story?
- So I'll, I'll recount the question very briefly for those who couldn't hear.
- Who in the hell can recount a past history without reference to it?
- Maybe an actor is somebody who can just recount or represent the text in a certain way.
- He claimed to have been in a trance the entire time that he recounted this to the San Francisco Chronicle.
- I am not the man I was then, but I am still able to recall and perhaps recount what happened.
- Can you recount what your shedding phase was like?
- What they have no idea is back in that time, often ancient civilizations would recount stories or songs after they won a victory.
- So that's called the proxy statement and that one section is written up by lawyers that actually recount the deal.
- There's been a a vast amount of people who've done DMT that recount seeing like little elf creatures, like shapes, lots of different geometric shapes.
- Then when we retell these stories and recount them, we reconstruct those events from what we remember, from the fragments of our memory.
Examples
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Now look, let's recount what happened.
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Do you think you could recount this story for us?
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I would like to see you visit him again and recount that story to him.
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You are asking me to recount my life.
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And I'll recount just two moments for the House today.
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Can you recount what your shedding phase was like?
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Latoya would later recount, this was the moment she felt the spirit lift from her.
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Over tea with her family that evening, she recounted how thoroughly she had searched.
Fiction book (1996) -
Later, in front of her own fire, Mary recounted the events to Nora.
Fiction book (1993) -
Everyday social interaction also involves recounting stories of past events to one's peers.
Academic text (2011)
Synonyms
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1.0
Talk about events or stories
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1.0
To use words to show what a person or thing is like
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1.1
To describe things that happened, real or made up, to other people
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1.4
Talk about events, real or imagined, to other people
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4.0
To tell a story, usually by speaking or writing
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2.9
To tell what happened
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3.3
List facts or items one after another
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2.8
To tell a story or event again in different words
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3.5
Say a story about something that happened or show signs of it
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Etymology
To recount (tell) comes from old words meaning 'tell again' and is related to the word account, which also means 'a report' or 'story'. So to recount is to tell the events or details of something in order.