Recite

Quick meaning: Recite is a verb meaning (transitive) To repeat aloud (some passage, poem or other text previously memorized, or in front of one's eyes), often before an audience.

Meaning

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

More Meanings

1. (transitive) To list or enumerate something.
2. (intransitive) To deliver a recitation.
3. Alternative spelling of re-cite (which is the preferred spelling, to avoid needless homography).

Example Sentences

Janice is able to recite pi to 100 decimals.

"I feel the seat. I feel the seat against my arm. I feel my hands," recites Edmonds, her eyes still closed.

It’s recited in schools across the US every day by students standing stiffly with their hands over their hearts.

Services during Yom Kippur are held continuously through the day and include readings from the Torah and the reciting of prayers expressing regret or asking for forgiveness.

Word Forms

• recites
• reciting
• recited

Synonyms for recite

Depending on context, synonyms include declaim, spout, tabulate, tell, recount, spin.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include recount, narrate, tell, retell, declaim, spin.

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