Relate and Recount

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Relate

Relate verb - To give an oral or written account of in some detail.

Usage example: we asked our uncle to relate the story of his visit to communist Russia many years ago

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Recount is a synonym for relate in tell topic. In some cases you can use "Recount" instead a verb "Relate", when it comes to topics like language, words, narrate, give an account of. popular alternative

Recount

Recount verb - To give an oral or written account of in some detail.

Usage example: a novel that recounted an American soldier's adventures among the samurai warriors of 19th-century Japan

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Synonyms for Recount

Relate is a synonym for recount in tell topic. You can use "Relate" instead a verb "Recount", if it concerns topics such as speech, language, words, narrate. popular alternative

Nearby Words: recounted, recounting

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Common collocations

series	relate series	recount series
time	relate time	recount time
story	relate story	recount story
tale	relate tale	recount tale
Other words: words, history, experiences, tales, events, stories, adventures.

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