- the act of reciting from memory, or a formal reading of verse before an audience
- something recited
WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024
rec•i•ta•tion /ˌrɛsɪˈteɪʃən/USA pronunciation
n.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024- an act of reciting or of saying something out loud, esp. at a formal public gathering: [uncountable]is good at recitation.[countable]poetry recitations.
- [countable] oral response by a pupil or pupils to a teacher on a prepared lesson.
rec•i•ta•tion
(res′i tā′shən),USA pronunciation n.
- an act of reciting.
- a reciting or repeating of something from memory, esp. formally or publicly.
- oral response by a pupil or pupils to a teacher on a prepared lesson.
- a period of classroom instruction.
- an elocutionary delivery of a piece of poetry or prose, without the text, before an audience.
- a piece so delivered or for such delivery.
- Latin recitātiōn- (stem of recitātiō), equivalent. to recitāt(us) (past participle of recitāre to recite) + -iōn- -ion
- 1475–85
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
recitation /ˌrɛsɪˈteɪʃən/ n
'recitation' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
Ave Maria
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- Mawlid
- Pancha Sila
- Yom Kippur
- abracadabra
- anointing of the sick
- chant
- charm
- choral speaking
- declamation
- delivery
- dhikr
- hebdomadary
- horse
- hours
- hwyl
- incantation
- lavabo
- litany
- lyre
- monotone
- mystery
- pater
- paternoster
- piece
- progressive education
- rak‘a
- recitative
- relation
- review
- rhapsody
- rosary
- speaking
- sprechgesang
- thrum