recite

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See also: récite, récité, and recité

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɹɪˈsaɪt/
  • Audio (Southern England)(file)
  • Rhymes: -aɪt

Verb

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.

Synonyms

Related terms

Translations

to recite — see say
to repeat aloud some passage, poem or other text

Anagrams

Italian

Noun

recite f

  1. plural of recita

Portuguese

Verb

recite

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

Spanish

Verb

recite

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