recount

Everyday

1. verb To tell a story or describe events in order: «He recounted his adventure.» tree →
2. verb (re-count) To count again. tree →
3. noun A second count of votes in an election when the result is very close. tree →
4. noun (UK schools) A piece of writing that retells events in time order, like a diary or trip report. tree →

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 →
• Grandma recounted stories of her childhood in Ireland. tree →
• I recounted the coins and found one more. tree →
• The vote was so close that they had a recount. tree →
• The sailor recounted his adventure on the island. tree →
• Use time words in your recount: first, then, finally. tree →
• 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 →

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 Jewish tradition

Interpretation: In Esther, Haman boasts to his friends and then tells them of his shame. The tradition reads this as a sign that his downfall was coming. In the primary 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

• And Haman recounted unto Zeresh his wife and all his friends every thing that had befallen him. (Writings EST.6.13, JPS 1917) tree →
• And Haman recounted unto them the glory of his riches, and the multitude of his children, and everything as to how the king had promoted him, and how he had advanced him above the princes and servants of the king. (Writings EST.5.11, JPS 1917) tree →

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.