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verb

Definition of recountsnext
present tense third-person singular of recount
as in describes
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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recounts

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noun

plural of recount
as in amounts

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  1. describes
  2. amounts
  3. tells
  4. narrates
Verb
  • Friedman describes his first in-person meeting with co-leader Meqbil in Nicosia, Cyprus as transformative and reflected on a pivotal moment for the organization when hosting their cohort in Nicosia.
    Hessie Jones, Forbes, 24 Dec. 2024
  • Lahar describes a remarkable resilience in how people adapt to crisis conditions.
    Hessie Jones, Forbes, 24 Dec. 2024
Definition of describes
Noun
  • For 2025, the threshold amounts begin at $394,600 for married taxpayers filing jointly.
    Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes, 24 Dec. 2024
  • Thompson and his team recovered significant amounts of gold and artifacts to great fanfare, but the euphoria proved short-lived.
    Ars Technica, Ars Technica, 24 Dec. 2024
Definition of amounts
Verb
  • Historic New Orleans Collection This is a museum, research center, and publisher that was founded in the 1960s and tells the story of New Orleans and the Gulf South through exhibitions, original texts, and its public research center.
    Nicole Kliest, Vogue, 24 Dec. 2024
  • Design engineer Callie Gillespie tells Robb Report that the craft features larger trim tab systems that deploy further downwards to create a wave that billows out from behind.
    Jaclyn Trop, Robb Report, 24 Dec. 2024
Definition of tells
Verb
  • At the end of the season 5B finale, Elsa Dutton (voiced by Isabel May, who narrates both Yellowstone prequel series 1883 and 1923), made a voice cameo return to say that the Duttons had been there for seven generations.
    Jackie Strause, The Hollywood Reporter, 22 Dec. 2024
  • But, whereas Sartre narrates the incident that sets his character on the path to tyranny, Corbet leaves the transformation a mystery.
    Alexandra Schwartz, The New Yorker, 13 Dec. 2024
Definition of narrates
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