recounting

verb

Definition of recountingnext
present participle of recount
as in describing
to give an oral or written account of in some detail a novel that recounted an American soldier's adventures among the samurai warriors of 19th-century Japan

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for recounting
  1. describing
  2. telling
  3. narrating
Verb
  • Kovac does not hide behind a veil when describing his work.
    Sebastian Stafford-Bloor, The Athletic, 27 Dec. 2024
  • A couple of hours after the shooting, a man reportedly reacting to a text falsely describing an active shooter at Sky Harbor arrived at the airport with numerous firearms and was arrested after a brief altercation with Phoenix police, Reeson said.
    Michelle Cruz, The Arizona Republic, 25 Dec. 2024
Definition of describing
Verb
  • Imagine someone telling you then that Liverpool would return 15 months later with Klopp gone and having failed to strengthen the squad.
    James Pearce, The Athletic, 23 Dec. 2024
  • By some accounts, this Santa Tracker initiative kicked off by complete accident in 1955, when a Colorado Springs Sears printed a newspaper announcement telling children to call a certain phone number to chat with Santa.
    Jeff Spry, Space.com, 23 Dec. 2024
Definition of telling
Verb
  • With his eldest son, PJ, narrating and co-starring, Rose and his team, in conjunction with Adidas, crafted a touching salute to the people and places in Chicago that made him.
    Darnell Mayberry, The Athletic, 4 Jan. 2025
  • Hanks takes on narrating duties for this expansive docuseries that shows the beauty of nature spanning the most remote parts of both North and South America.
    Lucy Ford, TIME, 20 Dec. 2024
Definition of narrating
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