recite

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

• IPA^(key): /ɹɪˈsaɪt/

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• Rhymes: -aɪt

recite (third-person singular simple present recites, present participle reciting, simple past and past participle recited)

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.

2. (transitive) To list or enumerate something.
3. (intransitive) To deliver a recitation.

• (repeat aloud): declaim, go through, spout
• (list or enumerate something): tabulate; see also Thesaurus:tick off

• recit
• recitation

• cerite, receit, tierce, tiercé

recite f

1. plural of recita

recite

1. inflection of recitar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

recite

1. inflection of recitar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative