recount – English verb conjugation

English verb forms of recount

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to recount
Participle: recounted
Gerund: recounting

Cognates

-

Indicative

Present

Irecount
yourecount
he;she;itrecounts
werecount
yourecount
theyrecount

Perfect

Ihave recounted
youhave recounted
he;she;ithas recounted
wehave recounted
youhave recounted
theyhave recounted

Past

Irecounted
yourecounted
he;she;itrecounted
werecounted
yourecounted
theyrecounted

Pluperfect

Ihad recounted
youhad recounted
he;she;ithad recounted
wehad recounted
youhad recounted
theyhad recounted

Future

Iwill recount
youwill recount
he;she;itwill recount
wewill recount
youwill recount
theywill recount

Future Perfect

Iwill have recounted
youwill have recounted
he;she;itwill have recounted
wewill have recounted
youwill have recounted
theywill have recounted

Subjunctive

Present

Irecount
yourecount
he;she;itrecount
werecount
yourecount
theyrecount

Perfect

Ihave recounted
youhave recounted
he;she;ithave recounted
wehave recounted
youhave recounted
theyhave recounted

Imperfect

Irecounted
yourecounted
he;she;itrecounted
werecounted
yourecounted
theyrecounted

Pluperfect

Ihad recounted
youhad recounted
he;she;ithad recounted
wehad recounted
youhad recounted
theyhad recounted

Conditional

Present

Iwould recount
youwould recount
he;she;itwould recount
wewould recount
youwould recount
theywould recount

Perfect

Iwould have recounted
youwould have recounted
he;she;itwould have recounted
wewould have recounted
youwould have recounted
theywould have recounted

Imperative

yourecount
weLet's recount
yourecount

Progressive (Continuous) Forms

Indicative

Present

Iam recounting
youare recounting
he;she;itis recounting
weare recounting
youare recounting
theyare recounting

Perfect

Ihave been recounting
youhave been recounting
he;she;ithas been recounting
wehave been recounting
youhave been recounting
theyhave been recounting

Past

Iwas recounting
youwere recounting
he;she;itwas recounting
wewere recounting
youwere recounting
theywere recounting

Pluperfect

Ihad been recounting
youhad been recounting
he;she;ithad been recounting
wehad been recounting
youhad been recounting
theyhad been recounting

Future

Iwill be recounting
youwill be recounting
he;she;itwill be recounting
wewill be recounting
youwill be recounting
theywill be recounting

Future Perfect

Iwill have been recounting
youwill have been recounting
he;she;itwill have been recounting
wewill have been recounting
youwill have been recounting
theywill have been recounting

Conditional

Present

Iwould be recounting
youwould be recounting
he;she;itwould be recounting
wewould be recounting
youwould be recounting
theywould be recounting

Perfect

Iwould have been recounting
youwould have been recounting
he;she;itwould have been recounting
wewould have been recounting
youwould have been recounting
theywould have been recounting

Other

Verbs conjugated like 'recount'

abandon, abduct, abear, aberr, abject, abord, abort, abound, abraid, abray, abrook, abscind, abscond, absist, absorb, abstain, abstract, accend, accent, accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)

Verbs similar to 'recount'

remount, account, count, decunt, demount, forecount, rebound, recant, rechunk, recoat,

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

tell
describe, relate, narrate, recite, enumerate, itemize

Additional Information

Phrasal Verbs

Etymology

1. 1456, from M.Fr. reconter, from O.Fr. re- "again" + conter "to relate, reckon" (see count (v.)). The noun meaning "a new count" (especially in an election) is from 1884.
2. From Old Northern French and Anglo-Norman recunter, variant of Old French reconter. See: Anglo-Norman 'recunter', Old French 'reconter'.

Verbs referencing "recount"

Esperanto rakonti.

Sample Sentences

  • The old man recounted the tale of how he caught the big fish.
  • As they undressed and lay down, she asked about his leg, which had hurt for two days while he was crossing the Indian Ocean but not since. He asked about the treasure; she recounted the trip to Ning-hsia Province. [2014, Sherry Thomas, My Beautiful Enemy (Romance), Headline Publishing Group, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 271:]
  • to recount one's blessings