verb
    
    -counts; -counted; -counting
    
    [+ obj] formal :to tell someone about (something that happened) :to describe or give an account of (an event)
    
    
    
    
    
    verb
    
    -counts; -counted; -counting
    
    [+ obj] :to count (something) again
    
    
    
    
    
    noun
    
    plural -counts
    
    [count] :a second count of the votes in a very close election