Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: recitation
IPA transcription: [ɹ,ɛsət'eɪʃən]
Pronunciations of recitation
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noun meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: exercise, practice, drill, practice_session, recitation
    Meaning: systematic training by multiple repetitions; "practice makes perfect"
  • Synonyms: course_session, class_period, recitation
    Meaning: a regularly scheduled session as part of a course of study
  • Synonyms: recitation, recital, reading
    Meaning: a public instance of reciting or repeating (from memory) something prepared in advance; "the program included songs and recitations of well-loved poems"
  • Synonyms: recitation
    Meaning: written matter that is recited from memory
Usage examples
  • The next morning he met Burne hurrying along McCosh walk after a recitation.
  • And when he heard her chant these lines he ended his recitation of the chapter, and began also to sing and repeated the following couplet,
  • The bell rang, I followed to the recitation hall, and was assigned a seat below the rest, because I was the only small Sonoma girl yet enrolled.
  • For his chair there was one with a hickory bottom; and doubtless he would have filled it, and even lapped over its edges, with equal dignity in the recitation room of Big College.
0. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Liturgy of the Hours, License CC BY-SA 4.0