Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- transitive verb To narrate the facts or particulars of: synonym: describe.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To count again.
- noun A counting anew; a second or repeated count.
- To relate in detail; recite; tell or narrate the particulars of; rehearse.
- To account; consider.
- Synonyms To narrate, repeat, detail.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb To count or reckon again.
- noun A counting again, as of votes.
- transitive verb To tell over; to relate in detail; to recite; to tell or narrate the particulars of; to rehearse; to enumerate.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A counting again, as of votes.
- verb To count or reckon again.
- verb To tell over; to relate in detail; to recite; to tell or narrate the particulars of; to rehearse; to enumerate; as, to recount one's blessings.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb narrate or give a detailed account of
- noun an additional (usually a second) count; especially of the votes in a close election
- verb count again
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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If you are ahead, finding a way to shut down the recount is a nifty idea.
In every election season, there's a recount. Lessons from Bush and Franken. Jay Weiner 2010
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As for Franken, he won an election, like it or not (assuming the recount is accurate).
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So the outcome of the recount is a foregone conclusion.
Archive 2008-04-01 Not a sheep 2008
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So the outcome of the recount is a foregone conclusion.
Zimbabwe election update Not a sheep 2008
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The 2000 Florida recount is a completely separate issue.
Clinton recalls 2000 Florida recount in push to count votes 2008
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In an election this close -- with less than one-quarter of one percent separating the two candidates, and with literally thousands of vote changes taking place during the post-election canvass process -- a recount is an important protection for voters.
Not Larry Sabato: 2008
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In an election this close -- with less than one-quarter of one percent separating the two candidates, and with literally thousands of vote changes taking place during the post-election canvass process -- a recount is an important protection for voters.
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Actully a recount is a matter of right for a candidate, and a matter of law.
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Actully a recount is a matter of right for a candidate, and a matter of law.
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For the Chief Justice Wells, of the Florida Supreme Court, talked about the imponderable, practical difficulties of any type of what they call a recount or putting these through a manual review and trying to determine the voters 'intent.
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