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RECOUNT

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("recount" is a kind of...):

count; counting; enumeration; numeration; reckoning; tally (the act of counting; reciting numbers in ascending order)

Derivation:

recount (count again)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Count again

Example:

We had to recount all the votes after an accusation of fraud was made

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Hypernyms (to "recount" is one way to...):

count; enumerate; number; numerate (determine the number or amount of)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

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

Sense 2

Meaning:

Narrate or give a detailed account of

Example:

The father told a story to his child

Synonyms:

narrate; recite; recount; tell

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Hypernyms (to "recount" is one way to...):

inform (impart knowledge of some fact, state of affairs, or event to)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "recount"):

relate (give an account of)

crack (tell spontaneously)

yarn (tell or spin a yarn)

rhapsodise; rhapsodize (recite a rhapsody)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Somebody ----s something to somebody

Sentence example:

They won't recount the story

Derivation:

recounting (an act of narration)

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