recitation
1récitation — [ resitasjɔ̃ ] n. f. • 1530; « récit » XIVe; lat. recitatio 1 ♦ La récitation de : action, manière de réciter (qqch.). Récitation d une leçon. « la longue récitation de toutes les formules de respect qu il savait par cœur » (Stendhal). 2 ♦ Absolt …
2recitation — late 15c., from O.Fr. récitation (14c.) or directly from L. recitationem, noun of action from recitare (see RECITE (Cf. recite)). Meaning repetition of a prepared lesson is first recorded 1770, Amer.Eng …
3Recitation — Rec i*ta tion (r[e^]s [i^]*t[=a] sh[u^]n), n. [L. recitatio: cf. F. r[ e]citation. See {Recite}.] 1. The act of reciting; rehearsal; repetition of words or sentences. Hammond. [1913 Webster] 2. The delivery before an audience of something… …
4recitation — index declamation, declaration, delineation, disclosure (act of disclosing), discourse, instruction (teaching), mention ( …
5recitation — [n] reading to audience address, appeal, declaiming, delivery, discourse, discoursing, discussion, exercise, holding forth, lecture, monologue, narrating, narration, oration, passage, performance, piece, playing, proclamation, recital, recounting …
6recitation — [res΄ə tā′shən] n. [L recitatio] 1. a reciting, as of facts, events, etc.; recital 2. a) a saying aloud in public of something memorized b) a piece of prose or verse memorized for this ☆ 3. a) a reciting by pupils of ans …
7Recitation — A recitation is a presentation made by a student to demonstrate knowledge of a subject or to provide instruction to others. In some academic institutions the term is used for a presentation by a teaching assistant (TA) or instructor, under the… …
8recitation — [[t]re̱sɪte͟ɪʃ(ə)n[/t]] recitations 1) N VAR When someone does a recitation, they say aloud a piece of poetry or other writing that they have learned. The transmission began with a recitation from the Koran. 2) N COUNT: oft N of n A recitation of …
9récitation — (ré si ta sion ; en vers, de cinq syllabes) s. f. Action de réciter. • La récitation des leçons est ce qui demande le moins de temps, parce que c est où il y a le moins à profiter pour les écoliers, ROLLIN Traité des Ét. liv. VI, part. 2, 5.… …
10recitation — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. declamation, elocution; recital, lesson. See speech. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [The act of reciting] Syn. delivery, speaking, playing, narrating, reading, recounting, declaiming, discoursing,… …
