The meaning of Recount

verb

Share or exchange information, news, or ideas.

Usage examples:

The prisoner was forbidden to communicate with his family

verb

Transfer to another

verb

To give messages or information to others through speech, writing, body movements, or signals

Usage examples:

[ t ] she said we should communicate our requests in writing rather than over the telephone., [ i ]…

verb

Transport or carry to a place.

Usage examples:

Pipes were laid to convey water to the house

verb

Describe or portray (something) precisely.

Usage examples:

The law should delineate and prohibit behaviour which is socially abhorrent

verb

Represented accurately or precisely

verb

To mark the border of something

Usage examples:

The boundary of the park is delineated by a row of trees., the constitution carefully delineates th…

verb

Represent by a drawing, painting, or other art form.

Usage examples:

Paintings depicting old testament scenes

verb

To represent or show something in a picture, story, movie, etc.; portray

Usage examples:

The movie depicts his father as a tyrant., [ c ] it’s a wonderful depiction of a female friendship.

verb

Give a detailed account in words of.

Usage examples:

He described his experiences in a letter to his parents

verb

Give a statement representing something

noun

An individual fact or item.

Usage examples:

We shall consider every detail of the bill

verb

Give full information about.

Usage examples:

The report details proposals to improve public transport

noun

A particular fact or item of information, often noticed only after giving something your close attention, or such facts or items considered as a group

Usage examples:

[ c ] we have a report of a serious accident on route 23, but so far no details., [ u ] she showed …

verb

Make (information) known.

Usage examples:

The teachers imparted a great deal of knowledge to their pupils

verb

To give a feeling or quality to something, or to make information known to someone

Usage examples:

If the movie has any lesson to impart, it’s that parents shouldn’t aim for perfection.

verb

Give a spoken or written account of.

Usage examples:

The story is narrated by the heroine

noun

A line or set of lines enclosing or indicating the shape of an object in a sketch or diagram.

Usage examples:

The chalked outline of a human body

verb

Draw, trace, or define the outer edge or shape of.

Usage examples:

Her eyes were darkly outlined with kohl

noun

A statement of the main facts, ideas, or items

Usage examples:

The house approved the broad outlines of the president’s budget., she drew the outline of a face., …

noun

A coloured substance which is spread over a surface and dries to leave a thin decorative or protective coating.

Usage examples:

A tin of paint

verb

Cover the surface of (something) with paint.

Usage examples:

The ceiling was painted dark grey

noun

A colored liquid that is put on a surface to protect or decorate it

Usage examples:

[ c ] acrylic/oil paints, [ u ] we need some white paint for the kitchen., [ i ] she always loved t…

verb

Depict (someone or something) in a work of art or literature.

Usage examples:

The ineffectual oxbridge dons portrayed by evelyn waugh

adjective

In a particular place.

Usage examples:

A doctor must be present at the ringside

noun

The period of time now occurring.

Usage examples:

They are happy and at peace, refusing to think beyond the present

verb

Give or award formally or ceremonially.

Usage examples:

The duke presented certificates to the men

verb

Repeat aloud or declaim (a poem or passage) from memory before an audience.

Usage examples:

He recited passages of dante

verb

Practise (a play, piece of music, or other work) for later public performance.

Usage examples:

We were rehearsing a radio play

verb

To practice something, such as music or a speech, or lead a person or group in practicing it, in order to prepare for a public performance

Usage examples:

[ i ] we rehearse all day and do the show that evening.

verb

Make or show a connection between.

Usage examples:

The study examines social change within the city and relates it to developments in the country as a…

verb

Give an account of

verb

To be connected with something, or to show that something is connected with something else

Usage examples:

[ i always + adv/prep ] the point i’m making now relates to what i said before., [ t ] she relates …

noun

A group of people or animals engaged in a task or activity for a period of time and then replaced by a similar group.

Usage examples:

The wagons were pulled by relays of horses

verb

Receive and pass on (information or a message).

Usage examples:

She intended to relay everything she had learned

verb

Lay again or differently.

Usage examples:

They plan to relay about half a mile of the track

verb

Say again something one has already said.

Usage examples:

‘are you hurt?’ he repeated

noun

Something that occurs or is done again.

Usage examples:

The final will be a repeat of last year

verb

To say, tell, or do something again

Usage examples:

She repeated the question., listen to the tape and repeat each word., we’re hoping to avoid a repea…

verb

Give a spoken or written account of something that one has observed, heard, done, or investigated.

Usage examples:

The minister reported a decline in milk production

noun

An account given of a particular matter, especially in the form of an official document, after thorough investigation or consideration by an appointed person or body.

Usage examples:

The chairman's annual report

verb

To give an account or representation of in words

noun

The sale of goods to the public in relatively small quantities for use or consumption rather than for resale.

Usage examples:

The retail trade

adverb

Being sold by retail or at a retail price.

Usage examples:

It is not yet available retail

verb

Sell (goods) to the public by retail.

Usage examples:

The difficulties in retailing the new products

verb

Communicate information to someone in spoken or written words.

Usage examples:

I told her you were coming

noun

(especially in poker) an unconscious action that is thought to betray an attempted deception.

Usage examples:

But i think you could waste a poker lifetime looking for tells like those.

noun

(in the middle east) an artificial mound formed by the accumulated remains of ancient settlements.

Usage examples:

He narrowly escaped being blown up by a mine when he was exploring a tell outside the city.

verb

Open or spread out from a folded position.

Usage examples:

He unfolded the map and laid it out on the table

verb

Extend or stretch out to a greater or the full length

verb

(of a situation or story) to develop or become clear

Usage examples:

Events unfolded in a way that no one could have predicted., she took the old wedding dress out and …