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recitation |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Recitation \Rec`i*ta"tion\, n. [L. recitatio: cf F. r['e]citation. See {Recite}.] 1. The act of reciting; rehearsal; repetition of words or sentences. --Hammond. 2. The delivery before an audience of something committed to memory, especially as an elocutionary exhibition; also that which is so delivered. 3. (Colleges and Schools) The rehearsal of a lesson by pupils before their instructor. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: recitation n 1: a public instance of reciting or repeating something prepared; "the program included songs and recitations of well-loved poems" [syn: {recital}, {reading}] 2: an instance of a student reciting a lesson that has been learned
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