re-count

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- [rey kount]
- /reɪ kaʊnt/
- /riː kaʊnt/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [rey kount]
- /reɪ kaʊnt/

Definitions of re-count word

verb with object re-count to count again. 1
noun re-count a second or additional count, as of votes in an election. 1
verb re-count to count (votes, etc) again 0
noun re-count a second or further count, esp of votes in a closely contested election 0

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Origin of re-count

First appearance:

before 1755

One of the 47% newest English words

First recorded in 1755-65; re- + count1

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Parts of speech for Re-count

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

Full grammatical hierarchy of Re-count

re-count popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 50% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".