recite

v., -cit·ed, -cit·ing, -cites.

v.tr.

1. To repeat or utter aloud (something rehearsed or memorized), especially before an audience.
2. To relate in detail. See synonyms at describe.
3. To list or enumerate.

v.intr.

1. To deliver a recitation.
2. To repeat lessons prepared or memorized.

[Middle English reciten, from Old French reciter, from Latin recitāre, to read out : re-, re- + citāre, to quote; see cite.]

reciter re·cit'er n.

verb

To give a verbal account of: describe, narrate, recount, rehearse, relate, report, tell. See words.

IN BRIEF: Say aloud, usually from memory. Also: To tell in detail.

I won't grow up I don't want to go to school Just to learn to be a parrot and recite a silly rule. — Carolyn Leigh, from "Peter Pan," 1954.

Note: click on a word meaning below to see its connections and related words.

The verb has 5 meanings:

Meaning #1: recite in elocution
  Synonym: declaim

Meaning #2: repeat aloud from memory

Meaning #3: render verbally, "recite a poem"
  Synonym: retell

Meaning #4: narrate or give a detailed account of
  Synonyms: tell, narrate, recount, spin

Meaning #5: specify individually
  Synonyms: enumerate, itemize, itemise

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Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - recitere, deklamere, fremsige, nævne
v. intr. - optræde med deklamation

Nederlands (Dutch)
voordragen, opnoemen

Français (French)
v. tr. - réciter, énumérer
v. intr. - réciter

Deutsch (German)
v. - rezitieren, aufzählen

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - απαγγέλλω, απαριθμώ, αποστηθίζω, εξιστορώ

Italiano (Italian)
recitare, declamare, raccontare, enumerare

Português (Portuguese)
v. - recitar, relacionar, declarar formalmente

Русский (Russian)
декламировать

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - recitar, relatar, enumerar
v. intr. - recitar, relatar, enumerar

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - deklamera, redogöra för, bli förhörd

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
背诵, 叙述, 朗诵, 当众吟诵, 详述, 背课文, 回答问题

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 背誦, 敘述, 朗誦, 當眾吟誦, 詳述
v. intr. - 背誦, 背課文, 朗誦, 回答問題

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - 암송하다, 대답하다, 자세히 기술하다
v. intr. - 낭송하다, 열거하다

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 再び引用する, 暗誦する, 教師の前で復誦する, 物語る, 列挙する, 暗唱する

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يتلو, يلقي, يسرد‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮דקלם, מנה, קרא, סיפר‬
v. intr. - ‮ענה על שאלות המורה, ציטט מהזיכרון‬

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