Meaning

3 senses
  1. (transitive)To repeat aloud (some passage, poem or other text previously memorized, or in front of one's eyes), often before an audience.

    Janice is able to recite pi to 100 decimals.

    vortragen, rezitieren, zu Gehör bringen

    деклами́роватьdeklamírovatʹ, продеклами́роватьprodeklamírovatʹ, цити́роватьcitírovatʹ

    repeat aloud from memory

  2. (transitive)To list or enumerate something.

    перечисля́тьperečisljátʹ, перечи́слитьperečíslitʹ

  3. (intransitive)To deliver a recitation.

    деклами́роватьdeklamírovatʹ, продеклами́роватьprodeklamírovatʹ, цити́роватьcitírovatʹ

Examples

126 sentences
  1. I could recite the story by heart.

    ruЯ мог бы рассказать эту историю наизусть.

    deIch konnte die Geschichte auswendig aufsagen.

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  2. Tom asked Mary to recite the poem she wrote.

    ruТом попросил Мэри прочесть стихотворение, которое она написала.

    deTom bat Maria, sie möge das Gedicht vortragen, das sie geschrieben hatte.

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  3. Tom and Mary recited a bit of poetry together.

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  4. Tom was able to recite the whole poem by heart.

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  5. Tom is able to recite the whole poem by heart.

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Translations

6 languages
Русский
By meaning 2
to repeat aloud some passage, poem or other text:
to list or enumerate something:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
to repeat aloud some passage, poem or other text:

Origin

From Middle English reciten, from Old French reciter, from Latin recitō.

From Middle English reciten, from Old French reciter, from Latin recitō.

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Forms

recites, reciting, recited, recited
Base formrecite · to recite
3rd person singularrecites
Present participlereciting
Past simplerecited
Past participlerecited

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyrecite
he, she, itrecites

Past simpleLesson

all personsrecited

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave recited
he, she, ithas recited

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill recite

Synonyms

11 synonyms
list or enumerate something:tabulate
Close in meaning

Word family

9 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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