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recitation

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rec⋅i⋅ta⋅tion

  [res-i-tey-shuhn]
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–noun
1. an act of reciting.
2. a reciting or repeating of something from memory, esp. formally or publicly.
3. oral response by a pupil or pupils to a teacher on a prepared lesson.
4. a period of classroom instruction.
5. an elocutionary delivery of a piece of poetry or prose, without the text, before an audience.
6. a piece so delivered or for such delivery.
Origin:
1475–85; < L recitātiōn- (s. of recitātiō), equiv. to recitāt(us) (ptp. of recitāre to recite ) + -iōn- -ion
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rec·i·ta·tion   (rěs'ĭ-tā'shən)   
n.  

    1. The act of reciting memorized materials in a public performance.

    2. The material so presented.

    3. Oral delivery of prepared lessons by a pupil.

    4. The class period within which this delivery occurs.

    1. Oral delivery of prepared lessons by a pupil.

    2. The class period within which this delivery occurs.

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