Recitation
[,resɪ'teɪʃ(ə)n] or [,rɛsɪ'teʃən]
Definition
(noun.) a public instance of reciting or repeating (from memory) something prepared in advance; 'the program included songs and recitations of well-loved poems'.
(noun.) written matter that is recited from memory.
Checker: Rosalind--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) The act of reciting; rehearsal; repetition of words or sentences.
(n.) The delivery before an audience of something committed to memory, especially as an elocutionary exhibition; also, that which is so delivered.
(n.) The rehearsal of a lesson by pupils before their instructor.
Editor: Olivia
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Recital, rehearsal, repetition.
Editor: Luke
Examples
- But Henry must not be disappointed of his recitation, and Olympia will deign to oblige him. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- I thought the limit of ghoulishness already had been reached in the recitation of Issus' menu. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- The accumulation and acquisition of information for purposes of reproduction in recitation and examination is made too much of. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- After the coming of the Aryans into Greece, the vocal element became stronger in these proceedings, and thrust into the dance came a recitation. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- His problem becomes that of finding out what the teacher wants, what will satisfy the teacher in recitation and examination and outward deportment. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- They had stories, camp-fire stories, but not verbally beautified story-recitations. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
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