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Meaning of 'recite' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Recite [ n.]
- A recital.
2 . Recite [ v. i.]
- To repeat, pronounce, or rehearse, as before an audience, something prepared or committed to memory; to rehearse a lesson learned.
3 . Recite [ v. t.]
- 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.
- To tell over; to go over in particulars; to relate; to narrate; as, to recite past events; to recite the particulars of a voyage.
- To rehearse, as a lesson to an instructor.
- To state in or as a recital. See Recital, 5.

Meaning of 'recite' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . recite [ v]
Meaning (1):
- render verbally
Example in sentence:
  • recite a poem;
  • retell a story
Meaning (2):
- specify individually
Example in sentence:
  • She enumerated the many obstacles she had encountered;
  • The doctor recited the list of possible side effects of the drug
Meaning (3):
- repeat aloud from memory
Example in sentence:
  • she recited a poem;
  • The pupil recited his lesson for the day
Meaning (4):
- narrate or give a detailed account of
Example in sentence:
  • Tell what happened;
  • The father told a story to his child

Nearby Words:

recadency recalcitrant recalcitrate recalcitration recall recallable recallment recant recantation recanted

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