recitation
[res-i-tey-shuh n]
noun
an act of reciting.
a reciting or repeating of something from memory, especially 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.
RELATED WORDS
recital, rendering, oration, narration, monologue, recounting, delivery, selection, performance, passage, discussion, piece, proclamation, exercise, rehearsal, telling, discourse, speaking, address, report
Origin of recitation
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Examples from the Web for recitation
Contemporary Examples of recitation
Poindexter followed with a recitation of the Iran program filled with deliberate inaccuracies.
How the Reagan White House Bungled Its Response to Iran-Contra RevelationsMalcolm Byrne
November 3, 2014
Any list of his conspicuous qualities turns out to be a recitation of opposites.
Historical Examples of recitation
She overslept and missed her first recitation yesterday morning.
Grace Harlowe's Return to Overton CampusJessie Graham Flower
She had no word ready when called on for a recitation herself.
Her Father's DaughterGene Stratton-Porter
We sit patiently through a recitation in English literature.
College TeachingPaul Klapper
The recitation, in truth, becomes the simple game of "hot and cold."
College TeachingPaul Klapper
The first class in Geography is so large that we have not room in the recitation seats.
The TeacherJacob Abbott
recitation
noun
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