recount

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C1 — Advanced

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun an additional (usually a second) count; especially of the votes in a close election
  2. verb narrate or give a detailed account of
  3. verb count again

Etymology

From Old Northern French and Anglo-Norman recunter, variant of Old French reconter.

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