The act of publicly reciting something previously memorized. / The material recited. / A regularly scheduled class, in a school, in which discussion occurs of the material covered in a parallel lecture.

plural of recitation

Relating to recitation.

In the manner of a recitation.

The act of reciting (the repetition of something that has been memorized); rehearsal / The act of telling the order of events of something in detail the order of events; narration.

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

(music) dialogue, in an opera etc, that, rather than being sung as an aria, is reproduced with the rhythms of normal speech, often with simple musical accompaniment or harpsichord continuo, serving to expound the plot

of a recital

simple past tense and past participle of recite

present participle of recite