recount
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 →
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 →
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 →
- 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 the corpora
- A recount retells real events in time order: «On Tuesday, Class 4 went to the seaside.
- Recounts use time words such as first, next, then, after that and finally.
- A recount written by someone who was there uses «I» and «we»: this is first person.
- And Haman recounted unto Zeresh his wife and all his friends every thing that had befallen him.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «recount» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.