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单词 recitation
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recitation

[ res-i-tey-shuhn ]
/ ˌrɛs ɪˈteɪ ʃən /
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noun

an act of reciting.
a reciting or repeating of something from memory, especially formally or publicly.
oral response by a pupil or pupils to a teacher on a prepared lesson.
a period of classroom instruction.
an elocutionary delivery of a piece of poetry or prose, without the text, before an audience.
a piece so delivered or for such delivery.

Origin of recitation

1475–85; <Latin recitātiōn- (stem of recitātiō), equivalent to recitāt(us) (past participle of recitāre to recite) + -iōn--ion

OTHER WORDS FROM recitation

non·rec·i·ta·tion, noun

Words nearby recitation

reciprocity, reciprocity failure, recision, recit., recital, recitation, recitative, recitativo, recite, reck, reckless
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British Dictionary definitions for recitation

recitation
/ (ˌrɛsɪˈteɪʃən) /

noun

the act of reciting from memory, or a formal reading of verse before an audience
something recited
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