Recitation (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

noun
  1. an act of reciting.
  2. a reciting or repeating of something from memory, especially formally or publicly.
  3. oral response by a pupil or pupils to a teacher on a prepared lesson.
  4. a period of classroom instruction.
  5. an elocutionary delivery of a piece of poetry or prose, without the text, before an audience.
  6. a piece so delivered or for such delivery.
noun
  1. the act of reciting from memory, or a formal reading of verse before an audience
  2. something recited
Recitation (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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