RECITATION

exercise, practice, drill, practice session, recitation

(noun) systematic training by multiple repetitions; “practice makes perfect”

recitation, recital, reading

(noun) a public instance of reciting or repeating (from memory) something prepared in advance; “the program included songs and recitations of well-loved poems”

recitation

(noun) written matter that is recited from memory

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

recitation (countable and uncountable, plural recitations)

The act of publicly reciting something previously memorized.

The material recited.

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

(music) A part of a song's lyrics that is spoken rather than sung.

Anagrams

• antierotic, tetraionic

Source: Wiktionary


Rec`i*ta"tion, n. Etym: [L. recitatio: cf. F. récitation. See Recite.]

1. The act of reciting; rehearsal; repetition of words or sentences. Hammond.

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

3. (Colleges and Schools)

Definition: The rehearsal of a lesson by pupils before their instructor.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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