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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024rec•i•ta•tion /ˌrɛsɪˈteɪʃən/USA pronunciation n. - 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.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024rec•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 - the act of reciting from memory, or a formal reading of verse before an audience
- something recited
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