recite

  • 31recite — v. (B) she recited her poetry to the audience * * * [rɪ saɪt] (B) she recited her poetry to the audience …

    Combinatory dictionary

  • 32recite — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. rehearse, relate, repeat, declaim, detail, recapitulate. See speech, description. II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To repeat formally] Syn. declaim, address, read, render, quote, discourse, hold forth, enact,… …

    English dictionary for students

  • 33recite — re|cite [rıˈsaıt] v [Date: 1400 1500; : French; Origin: réciter, from Latin recitare, from citare; CITE] 1.) [I and T] to say a poem, piece of literature etc that you have learned, for people to listen to ▪ She recited a poem that she had learnt… …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 34recite — re|cite [ rı saıt ] verb intransitive or transitive 1. ) to say a poem or story that you have learned to an audience: He recited his poem in front of the whole school. 2. ) to give a long detailed spoken description of something: She recited the… …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 35recite — re·cite || rɪ saɪt v. tell, recount, relate; read; declaim, give a formal speech; count, list, enumerate …

    English contemporary dictionary

  • 36recite v — There it is again! Tom recited …

    English expressions

  • 37recite — verb 1》 repeat aloud (a poem or passage) from memory before an audience. 2》 state (names, facts, etc.) in order. Derivatives recitation noun reciter noun Origin ME: from OFr. reciter or L. recitare read out , from re (expressing intensive force)… …

    English new terms dictionary

  • 38recite — v. a. 1. Repeat, rehearse, say by heart, repeat by note. 2. Narrate, relate, tell, describe, recount. 3. Enumerate, tell over, recapitulate, detail, number, count …

    New dictionary of synonyms

  • 39recite — v 1. repeat or say from memory or by heart, quote, do a recitation, give a recitation or recital, give or do a reading; repeat, rehearse, review, run through or over; present or do one s number or piece, U.S. Sl. present or do one s bit or thing …

    A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

  • 40recite — re·cite …

    English syllables