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recount
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recount
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| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | tell a story |
| Synonyms: | break a story, convey, delineate, depict, describe, detail, echo, enumerate, give an account of, itemize, narrate, picture, play back, portray, recap, recapitulate, recite, rehash, rehearse, relate, repeat, report, run by again, run down, run through, say again, state, tell, track, unload, verbalize |
| Notes: | both recount and relate mean 'to tell, to give an account of,' but recount adds the semantic component 'in detail' |
| Antonyms: | conceal, repress |
| Main Entry: | cite |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | note, quote |
| Synonyms: | adduce, advance, allege, allude to, appeal to, enumerate, evidence, excerpt, exemplify, extract, get down to brass tacks, give as example, illustrate with, indicate, instance, lay, mention, name, number, offer, point out, present, recite, recount, refer to, reference, rehearse, remember, reminisce, repeat, specify, spell out, tell |
| Notes: | cite means to make reference to, refer to; sight is the ability to see, the act of looking or seeing or observing, something worth seeing; site is the piece of land on which something is located or is to be located |
| Main Entry: | cover |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | describe in published writing |
| Synonyms: | broadcast, detail, investigate, narrate, recount, relate, report, tell of, write up |
| Antonyms: | disregard, forget, ignore |
| Main Entry: | describe |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | explain in speech, writing |
| Synonyms: | call, characterize, chronicle, communicate, construe, convey image, define, delineate, depict, detail, distinguish, draw, elucidate, epitomize, exemplify, explicate, expound, express, illuminate, illustrate, image, impart, interpret, label, limn, make apparent, make clear, make sense of, make vivid, mark out, name, narrate, outline, paint, particularize, picture, portray, recite, recount, rehearse, relate, report, represent, sketch, specify, state, tell, term, trace, transmit, write up |
| Antonyms: | confuse, misrepresent, mix up |
| Main Entry: | detail |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | specify, make clear |
| Synonyms: | analyze, catalog, circumstantiate, communicate, delineate, depict, describe, designate, elaborate, embellish, enumerate, epitomize, exhibit, fly speck, get down to brass tacks, individualize, itemize, lay out, narrate, particularize, portray, produce, quote chapter and verse, recapitulate, recite, recount, rehearse, relate, report, reveal, set forth, show, specialize, spell out, spread, stipulate, summarize, sweat details, tell, uncover |
| Antonyms: | hide, misrepresent, suppress, withhold |
| Main Entry: | develop |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | unfold; be made known |
| Synonyms: | account for, acquire, actualize, disclose, disentangle, elaborate, evolve, exhibit, explain, explicate, foretell, form, materialize, produce, reach, realize, recount, state, uncoil, uncover, unfurl, unravel, unroll, untwist, unwind |
| Main Entry: | enumerate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | list, count |
| Synonyms: | add up, calculate, cite, compute, count noses, detail, figure, identify, inventory, itemize, keep tabs, mention, name, number, particularize, quote, recapitulate, recite, reckon, recount, rehearse, relate, run down, run off, specialize, specify, spell out, sum, take account of, tally, tell, tick off, total |
| Antonyms: | not count |
| Main Entry: | itemize |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | keep detailed record |
| Synonyms: | catalog, circumstantiate, cite, count, detail, document, enumerate, individualize, instance, inventory, lay out, list, mention, number, particularize, quote, recite, record, recount, rehearse, relate, set out, specify, spell out, tally |
| Main Entry: | mention |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | refer to |
| Synonyms: | acknowledge, acquaint, adduce, advert, allude to, bring up, broach, call attention to, cite, communicate, declare, designate, detail, disclose, discuss, divulge, enumerate, hint at, impart, infer, instance, intimate, introduce, make known, name, notice, notify, observe, point out, point to, quote, recount, remark, report, reveal, speak about, speak of, specify, state, suggest, tell, throw out, touch on |
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