- 1[transitive, intransitive] recite (something) (to somebody) | recite what… | + speech to say a poem, piece of literature, etc. that you have learned, especially to an audience Each child had to recite a poem to the class. Wordfinderpoetrycouplet, image, lyric, poetry, recite, refrain, rhyme, scansion, stanza, verse
- 2[transitive] recite something (to somebody) | recite what… | + speech to say a list or series of things They recited all their grievances to me. She could recite a list of all the kings and queens. Word Originlate Middle English (as a legal term in the sense ‘state (a fact) in a document’): from Old French reciter or Latin recitare ‘read out’, from re- (expressing intensive force) + citare ‘cite’.
recite
verbBrE BrE//rɪˈsaɪt//; NAmE NAmE//rɪˈsaɪt//
Verb Forms present simple I / you / we / they recite BrE BrE//rɪˈsaɪt//; NAmE NAmE//rɪˈsaɪt//
he / she / it recites BrE BrE//rɪˈsaɪts//; NAmE NAmE//rɪˈsaɪts//
past simple recited BrE BrE//rɪˈsaɪtɪd//; NAmE NAmE//rɪˈsaɪtɪd//
past participle recited BrE BrE//rɪˈsaɪtɪd//; NAmE NAmE//rɪˈsaɪtɪd//
-ing form reciting BrE BrE//rɪˈsaɪtɪŋ//; NAmE NAmE//rɪˈsaɪtɪŋ//
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