recount

1. 1.

   an additional (usually a second) count; especially of the votes in a close election

   Broadercount

Other forms of recount

plural

recounts·

past tense

recounted·

present participle

recounting·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about recount

What does recount mean?

recount means "narrate or give a detailed account of". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in recount?

recount has 2 syllables: re-count. The stress falls on "count". In IPA it is /ɹɪˈkaʊnt/.

What is another word for recount?

Close synonyms include tell, narrate, recite. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is recount a common word?

recount is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with recount?

3 words rhyme with recount. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.