[Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/recount.html)

[home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [dictionaries](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/) / [The school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/) / recount

[← R](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/R/)

# recount

«recount» in Mova's school dictionary: **verb To tell a story or describe events in order: «He…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 4 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

verb (recount, recounts, recounted, recounting); noun (a recount, recounts)

### meaning for a pupil

1) verb To tell a story or describe events in order: «He recounted his adventure.» [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/recount/#m1)

2) verb (re-count) To count again. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/recount/#m2)

3) noun A second count of votes in an election when the result is very close. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/recount/#m3)

4) noun (UK schools) A piece of writing that retells events in time order, like a diary or trip report. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/recount/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

In English lessons a «recount» is a text type: write a recount of the school trip using time words (first, next, after that). In elections, a recount checks a close result. In maths, recount to check you counted right. Phrases: «write a recount», «demand a recount».

### examples

- Write a recount of your weekend. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/recount/#x1)
- Grandma recounted stories of her childhood in Ireland. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/recount/#x2)
- I recounted the coins and found one more. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/recount/#x3)
- The vote was so close that they had a recount. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/recount/#x4)
- The sailor recounted his adventure on the island. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/recount/#x5)
- Use time words in your recount: first, then, finally. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/recount/#x6)
- Presenting himself before the throne on which sat the stony-hearted king and his consort Persephone, Orpheus recounted his woes to the sound of his lyre. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/recount/#x7)

### note

Two meanings with different stress: re-COUNT (tell) and RE-count (count again or the noun). Sometimes written «re-count» for counting again. A recount text uses the past tense and time order.

### In the corpora

- [A recount retells real events in time order: «On Tuesday, Class 4 went to the seaside.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/english/23-reading-non-fiction-recount-instructions-report/1/)
- [Recounts use time words such as first, next, then, after that and finally.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/english/23-reading-non-fiction-recount-instructions-report/21/)
- [A recount written by someone who was there uses «I» and «we»: this is first person.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/english/23-reading-non-fiction-recount-instructions-report/22/)
- [And Haman recounted unto Zeresh his wife and all his friends every thing that had befallen him.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/EST.109/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «recount» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/recount/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.