recount

Another count of something, usually votes, to check whether the first result was correct.

• The candidate requested a recount.
• A recount of the votes changed the result.
• Two recounts confirmed her narrow victory.

Common phrases: vote recount, demand a recount

A spoken or written description of things that happened.

• Write a short recount of your trip.
• His recount described the events in order.
• We read several personal recounts in class.

How to use it: recount of something (She wrote a recount of her first day at school.)

Similar words: account, narrative

Common phrases: personal recount, recount of something

To tell someone about something that happened, often giving many details.

• He recounted his journey.
• She recounted how she had escaped the fire.
• Can you recount the events of that evening?

How to use it: recount something to someone (She recounted her adventures to the children.)

Similar words: tell, describe, relate, narrate

Common phrases: recount a story, recount an experience

To count something again to check the number.

• Please recount the money.
• Officials recounted every ballot after the complaint.
• Have you recounted the tickets to check the total?

Similar words: count again

Common phrases: recount the votes, recount the money