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Antonyms for recounting


Grammar : Verb
Spell : verb ree-kount; noun ree-kount, ree-kount
Phonetic Transcription : verb riˈkaʊnt; noun ˈriˌkaʊnt, riˈkaʊnt



Definition of recounting

Origin :
  • also re-count, "a new count" (especially in an election), 1855, American English, from re- + count (n).
  • verb tell a story
Example sentences :
  • At the time Crane had played an honest part in recounting it to the girl.
  • Extract from : « Thoroughbreds » by W. A. Fraser
  • He paraded the streets, recounting his story to all who would listen to him.
  • Extract from : « The Fortune of the Rougons » by Emile Zola
  • The rest of the evening was spent in recounting their adventures.
  • Extract from : « The Hound From The North » by Ridgwell Cullum
  • Philip had told her nothing of it in recounting his adventures.
  • Extract from : « The Heart of Thunder Mountain » by Edfrid A. Bingham
  • He made them eighty-one at first; and then, recounting, made them seventy-nine.
  • Extract from : « Young Mr. Barter's Repentance » by David Christie Murray
  • We are weary of recounting these atrocities, as others must be of reading them.
  • Extract from : « Fox's Book of Martyrs » by John Foxe
  • For Mrs. Ladybug was recounting her adventures at the farmhouse.
  • Extract from : « The Tale of Mrs. Ladybug » by Arthur Scott Bailey
  • But the aim of the book is not confined to recounting the ancestry of Israel.
  • Extract from : « Legends Of Babylon And Egypt » by Leonard W. King
  • When I asked him of what he had been guilty, he began by recounting his war work.
  • Extract from : « The Birth of Yugoslavia, Volume 2 » by Henry Baerlein
  • He whispered to the dog for a long while, recounting his troubles.
  • Extract from : « The Rich Little Poor Boy » by Eleanor Gates

Synonyms for recounting

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