Meaning

5 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)The act of publicly reciting something previously memorized.

    Rezitation, Vortragen

    деклама́цияdeklamácija, цити́рованиеcitírovanije, рецита́цияrecitácija

  2. (countable, uncountable)The material recited.

    written matter that is recited from memory

  3. (countable, uncountable)A regularly scheduled class, in a school, in which discussion occurs of the material covered in a parallel lecture.

  4. (countable, uncountable)A reiteration; a setting down, e.g. for ease of reference, of something previously established.

  5. (countable, uncountable)A part of a song's lyrics that is spoken rather than sung.

Examples

3 sentences
  1. The teacher noted several mistakes in my recitation.

    ruУчитель указал на несколько ошибок, которые я допустил во время чтения.

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  2. The professor assigned the recitation sections to the teaching assistants.

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  3. His recitation of the Quran is terrible.

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Translations

5 languages
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By meaning 1
act of reciting:
Deutsch
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act of reciting:

Origin

Borrowed from Middle French récitation, from Latin recitatio, equivalent to recite + -atio

Borrowed from Middle French récitation, from Latin recitatio, equivalent to recite + -ation.

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Forms

plural: recitations
Singularrecitation
Pluralrecitations

regular

Synonyms

8 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

4 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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