ISEE/SSAT Vocabulary BuilderWordsRrecount
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recount
Meaning: to tell about an event or experience in detail
recount in a sentence
How recount is used in real sentences:
At dinner, Leo recounted his class trip to the aquarium.
The hikers recounted their afternoon journey along the muddy trail.
“Some would recount what they had seen in nearby towns, giving careful details about roads and soldiers.”
— from the passage The Gazette's Hidden Reports
Synonyms for recount
Other words for recount — retell, relate and describe — carry the same meaning.
- retell
- relate
- describe
Antonyms of recount
Words that mean the opposite of recount:
- conceal
- withhold
Where it comes from
From Old French reconter 'to tell again'
Memory hook
Re-count the details by telling them again.