English dictionary

recite

/r/I/'s/aI/t/

Definitions, examples, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.0.

noun

recite in elocution

verb.communication

Synonyms declaim

Source: WordNet 3.0
repeat aloud from memory

verb.communication

Examples
She recited a poem.

The pupil recited his lesson for the day.

Source: WordNet 3.0
render verbally,

verb.creation

Examples
Recite a poem.

Synonyms retell

Source: WordNet 3.0
narrate or give a detailed account of

verb.communication

Synonyms narrate recount tell

Source: WordNet 3.0
specify individually

verb.communication

Examples
The doctor recited the list of possible side effects of the drug.

Synonyms enumerate itemise itemize

Source: WordNet 3.0
To repeat, as something already prepared, written down, committed to memory, or the like; to deliver from a written or printed document, or from recollection; to rehearse; as, to <i>recite</i> the words of an author, or of a deed or covenant.

verb

Source: webster1913
To repeat, pronounce, or rehearse, as before an audience, something prepared or committed to memory; to rehearse a lesson learned.

verb

Source: webster1913