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RECOUNTING

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

An act of narration

Example:

his endless recounting of the incident eventually became unbearable

Synonyms:

recounting; relation; telling

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("recounting" is a kind of...):

narration; recital; yarn (the act of giving an account describing incidents or a course of events)

Derivation:

recount (narrate or give a detailed account of)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

-ing form of the verb recount

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