recounted
Related in detail
Recounted is the past tense of recount, meaning to narrate or describe events in detail: She recounted her adventures in South America.
It also means to count again, as when verifying an election result: Officials recounted the ballots twice.
The context usually makes clear which meaning applies.
Recounting events aloud
- taleSpoken or written narrative
- anecdoteBrief account of incident
- narrativeAccount of events
- chronicleOrdered historical record
retold · related · described · narration · yarn · saga · epic · fable
Recalling past experiences
- recollectionRecalled mental image
- nostalgiaLonging for the past
- flashbackInvoluntary past memory
- memoriesStored past experiences
recalled · reminisced · retrospective · autobiographical · memoir · bygone · yesteryear · childhood
Determined how many
- tabulatedArranged in rows/columns
- enumeratedListed systematically
- totaledDestroyed or summed
- verifiedConfirmed as accurate
audited · checked · calculated · summed · numbered · inventory · votes · ballots
Developed in greater detail
- specifiedExplicitly stated or defined
- itemizedListed separately, point-by-point
- step-by-stepIn sequential stages
- thoroughComplete in every detail
meticulous · precise · comprehensive · exhaustive · factual · documented · systematically · chronologically
storytelling
Recounting events aloud
chronicle · retold · related · described · narration · yarn · saga · epic · fable · legend
reminiscence
Recalling past experiences
- recollectionRecalled mental image
- nostalgiaLonging for the past
- flashbackInvoluntary past memory
memories · recalled · reminisced · retrospective · autobiographical · memoir · bygone · yesteryear · childhood · personal
counted
Determined how many
- tabulatedArranged in rows/columns
- enumeratedListed systematically
- totaledDestroyed or summed
verified · audited · checked · calculated · summed · numbered · inventory · votes · ballots · discrepancy
elaborated
Developed in greater detail
- specifiedExplicitly stated or defined
- itemizedListed separately, point-by-point
- step-by-stepIn sequential stages
thorough · meticulous · precise · comprehensive · exhaustive · factual · documented · systematically · chronologically · accurately
- kept goingcontinued, lasted, persisted, endured, carried on
recountedsummarized
Restated in fewer words
glossed over · omitted · abbreviated · condensed · skimmed
recountedconcealed
Made invisible deliberately
withheld · suppressed · hid · covered up · omitted
recountedpredicted
Declared in advance
forecast · anticipated · prophesied · foretold · projected
- vote recountsRepeated ballot tabulation
- election recountsOfficial retallying of ballots
- hand recountPhysical vote verification
- Florida recountDisputed southern state tally