recite
Americanverb (used with object)
verb (used without object)
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to recite a lesson or part of a lesson for a teacher.
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to recite or repeat something from memory.
verb
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to repeat (a poem, passage, etc) aloud from memory before an audience, teacher, etc
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(tr) to give a detailed account of
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(tr) to enumerate (examples, etc)
Related Words
See relate.
Other Word Forms
- prerecite verb (used with object)
- recitable adjective
- reciter noun
- unrecited adjective
- well-recited adjective
Etymology
Origin of recite
First recorded in 1400–50; late Middle English reciten, from Latin recitāre “to read aloud,” equivalent to re- + citāre “to summon”; re-, cite 1
Example Sentences
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Having been to a Catholic school, he knew how to cross himself and recite prayers.
Injured, Mr. Bitton couldn’t speak, but as we recited the Shema—“Hear, O Israel, the Lord our God, the Lord Is One”—tears welled in his eyes.
The famous author of the ode to now-vanished English landscapes recited it once at a dinner party in 2014 as a gift to his wife, but its words remain lost to time.
From Los Angeles Times
The bright-eyed bear, named after writer Edgar Allan Poe, generates stories based on that selection and recites them aloud.
From Los Angeles Times
Naveed also appears to recite a passage from the Quran in Arabic in the video, police alleged.
From BBC
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