What does recitation mean?

Definitions for recitation
ˌrɛs ɪˈteɪ ʃənrecita·tion

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. recitationnoun

    written matter that is recited from memory

  2. recitation, recital, readingnoun

    a public instance of reciting or repeating (from memory) something prepared in advance

    "the program included songs and recitations of well-loved poems"

  3. course session, class period, recitationnoun

    a regularly scheduled session as part of a course of study

  4. exercise, practice, drill, practice session, recitationnoun

    systematic training by multiple repetitions

    "practice makes perfect"

Wiktionary

  1. recitationnoun

    The act of publicly reciting something previously memorized.

  2. recitationnoun

    The material recited.

  3. recitationnoun

    A regularly scheduled class, in a school, in which discussion occurs of the material covered in a parallel lecture.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Recitationnoun

    Repetition; rehearsal.

    Etymology: from recite.

    If menaces of scripture fall upon men’s persons, if they are but the recitations and descriptions of God’s decreed wrath, and those decrees and that wrath have no respect to the actual sins of men; why should terrors restrain me from sin, when present advantage invites me to it? Henry Hammond.

    He used philosophical arguments and recitations. William Temple.

Wikipedia

  1. Recitation

    A recitation in a general sense is the act of reciting from memory, or a formal reading of verse or other writing before an audience.Public recitation is the act of reciting a work of writing before an audience.

ChatGPT

  1. recitation

    Recitation is the act of verbally presenting or repeating information, usually in a structured or formal manner in front of an audience. This can include the recitation of poems, prose, prayers, and pieces of literature, often for the purpose of practice, teaching, or performance.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Recitationnoun

    the act of reciting; rehearsal; repetition of words or sentences

  2. Recitationnoun

    the delivery before an audience of something committed to memory, especially as an elocutionary exhibition; also, that which is so delivered

  3. Recitationnoun

    the rehearsal of a lesson by pupils before their instructor

  4. Etymology: [L. recitatio: cf. F. rcitation. See Recite.]

Wikidata

  1. Recitation

    A recitation in a general sense is the act of reciting from memory, or a formal reading of verse or other writing before an audience.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of recitation in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of recitation in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of recitation in a Sentence

  1. Ralph Waldo Emerson:

    We are shut up in schools and college recitation rooms for ten or fifteen years, and come out at last with a bellyful of words and do not know a thing.

  2. Hiram Sasser:

    So if they choose not to recite the pledge, they stand quietly. Nothing is forced on the child. kids can not be required to say it, but leading in the recitation of it is as constitutional as the national motto In God We Trust.

  3. Hillary Clinton:

    I have the greatest respect for Sen. Sanders and he makes a passionate case against the big banks and his solution is recitation of Glass-Steagall, which would, in his view, lead to the breaking up of the big banks, that leaves out a huge part of the financial system. I don't want them to get away with that.

  4. Ralph Waldo Emerson:

    We are students of words: we are shut up in schools, and colleges, and recitation-rooms, for ten or fifteen years, and come out at last with a bag of wind, a memory of words, and do not know a thing.

  5. Hiram Sasser:

    Kids can not be required to say it, but leading in the recitation of it is as constitutional as the national motto In God We Trust, if singing God Bless America is good enough for New York, it should be good enough for New Jersey.

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