recite
Verb
Verb Forms: recited, reciting, recites
- To repeat from memory or to declaim a text.
- recite in elocution
- repeat aloud from memory
- "she recited a poem"
- "The pupil recited his lesson for the day"
- render verbally,
- "recite a poem"
- narrate or give a detailed account of
- specify individually
- "The doctor recited the list of possible side effects of the drug"
- To repeat aloud (some passage, poem or other text previously memorized, or in front of one's eyes), often before an audience.
- To list or enumerate something.
- To deliver a recitation.
- Alternative spelling of re-cite (which is the preferred spelling, to avoid needless homography).
Examples
- Janice is able to recite pi to 100 decimals.
- She could recite all the valid words starting with ’Q’ and not followed by ’U’.
Origin / Etymology
From Middle English reciten, from Old French reciter, from Latin recitō.
Synonyms
declaim, enumerate, itemise, itemize, narrate, recount, retell, tell, go through, spout, tabulate, tick off
Scrabble Score: 8
recite: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordrecite: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
recite: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary