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 Definitions of recite  [ɪˈsaɪt]  

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Definition of 'recite' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (v.t.) recite
to repeat the words of, as from memory, esp. in a formal manner:
to recite a lesson.

2.  recite
to repeat (a piece of poetry or prose) before an audience, as for entertainment.

3.  recite
to narrate; describe.

4.  recite
to enumerate; detail.

5. (v.i.) recite
to recite a lesson for a teacher.

6.  recite
to recite or repeat something from memory.

Etymology:  (1400–50; late ME < L recitāre to read aloud =re-re - +citāre to summon, cite1)

Definition of 'recite' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (verb) declaim, recite
recite in elocution

2. (verb) recite
repeat aloud from memory
"she recited a poem"; "The pupil recited his lesson for the day"

3. (verb) recite, retell
render verbally, "recite a poem"
"retell a story"

4. (verb) tell, narrate, recount, recite
narrate or give a detailed account of
"Tell what happened"; "The father told a story to his child"

5. (verb) enumerate, recite, itemize, itemise
specify individually
"She enumerated the many obstacles she had encountered"; "The doctor recited the list of possible side effects of the drug"


Definition of 'recite' Webster Dictionary 

1. (noun) recite
a recital

2. (verb) recite
to repeat, as something already prepared, written down, committed to memory, or the like; to deliver from a written or printed document, or from recollection; to rehearse; as, to recite the words of an author, or of a deed or covenant

3. (verb) recite
to tell over; to go over in particulars; to relate; to narrate; as, to recite past events; to recite the particulars of a voyage

4. (verb) recite
to rehearse, as a lesson to an instructor

5. (verb) recite
to state in or as a recital. See Recital, 5

6. (verb) recite
to repeat, pronounce, or rehearse, as before an audience, something prepared or committed to memory; to rehearse a lesson learned


Translation of 'recite' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: to repeat aloud from memory
to recite a poem.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: opsê Arabic flag Arabic: يُلْقي، يُرَتِّل، يُنْشِد Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: декламирам
Brazilian flag Brazilian: recitar Czech flag Czech: recitovat German flag German: aufsagen
Danish flag Danish: recitere; fremsige Greek flag Greek: απαγγέλλω, εξιστορώ Spanish flag Spanish: recitar
Estonian flag Estonian: deklameerima Farsi flag Farsi: از بر خواندن Finnish flag Finnish: lausua
French flag French: réciter Hebrew flag Hebrew: לְדַקלֵם Hindi flag Hindi: व्याख्यान करना
Croatian flag Croatian: recitirati, pripovjedati Hungarian flag Hungarian: előad (verset stb.) Indonesian flag Indonesian: mengucapkan luar kepala
Icelandic flag Icelandic: fara með, flytja Italian flag Italian: recitare Japanese flag Japanese: 朗唱する
Korean flag Korean: 낭송하다 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: deklamuoti, išvardyti Latvian flag Latvian: deklamēt; runāt no galvas
Malay flag Malay: mendeklamasikan Dutch flag Dutch: reciteren Norwegian flag Norwegian: deklamere, si fram
Polish flag Polish: recytować Persian flag Persian: از بر خواندن Pashto flag Pashto: له يادو تكرارول، له يادو
Portuguese flag Portuguese: recitar Romanian flag Romanian: a recita Russian flag Russian: декламировать
Slovak flag Slovak: recitovať Slovenian flag Slovenian: recitirati Serbian flag Serbian: recitovati
Swedish flag Swedish: recitera, läsa upp, dekla Thai flag Thai: ท่อง Turkish flag Turkish: ezberden söylemek/okumak
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 背誦 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: повторювати напам'ять; де Urdu flag Urdu: لے سے پڑھنا
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: kể lại Chinese flag Chinese: 背诵

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