different between recitation vs recite

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French récitation, from Latin recitatio.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???s??te???n/
• Rhymes: -e???n

Noun

recitation (countable and uncountable, plural recitations)

1. The act of publicly reciting something previously memorized.
2. The material recited.
3. A regularly scheduled class, in a school, in which discussion occurs of the material covered in a parallel lecture.
   • 1882, Wayside Gleanings for Leisure Moments, Cambridge University Press, page 20,

     I shall now endeavor to give some account of the College.... Some then go to a recitation of the lesson they have learnt the previous evening. Some return to their rooms till the breakfast-bell, about seven or after. At eight the sludy bell rings. All must then go in their rooms and continue there, even if they have no lessons to learn, unless they attend a recitation which occupies an hour.

   • 1896, Frank Norris, "The 'English Courses' of the University of California", reprinted in, 1986, Novels and Essays, Library of America, ?ISBN, page 1109,

     In the "announcement of courses" published annually by the faculty of the University of California the reader cannot fail to be impressed with the number and scope of the hours devoted by the students to recitations and lectures upon the subject of "literature."

   • 1999 October 29, J. Levine "Re: Debate on accreditation of Jones International", alt.education.distance, Usenet,

     Many of my courses, however, were offered in recitation-lecture format. We would attend class, say twice a week, and a lecture once a week. ... I do seem to recall that my recitation sections seldom had less than 40 to 50 students and my lecture classes often had upwards of 100 to 300 students.

4. (music) A part of a song's lyrics that is spoken rather than sung.

Translations

Anagrams

• antierotic, tetraionic

Danish

Etymology

From recitere (“recite”) +? -ation (“-ation”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??sita??o?n/

Noun

recitation c (singular definite recitationen, plural indefinite recitationer)

1. recitation

Inflection

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French reciter, from Latin recitare.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???sa?t/

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.
2. (transitive) To list or enumerate something.
3. (intransitive) To deliver a recitation.

Synonyms

• (repeat aloud): declaim, go through, spout
• (list or enumerate something): tabulate; see also Thesaurus:tick off

Related terms

• recit
• recitation

Translations

Anagrams

• cerite, receit, tierce, tiercé

Italian

Noun

recite f

1. plural of recita

Portuguese

Verb

recite

1. first-person singular present subjunctive of recitar
2. third-person singular present subjunctive of recitar
3. third-person singular imperative of recitar

Spanish

Verb

recite

1. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of recitar.
2. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of recitar.
3. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of recitar.
4. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of recitar.