recite

«recite» in Mova's school dictionary: to say a poem, story or piece of writing aloud from memory — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

verb (recite, recites, recited, reciting)

meaning for a pupil

1) To recite is to say a poem, story or piece of writing aloud from memory. tree →

2) To recite a list is to say many things one after another, like facts or names. tree →

sense in the lessons

In school pupils recite poems, times tables and prayers in assemblies and performances. In everyday life a person may recite a phone number or a list of complaints. Phrases: «recite a poem», «recite the alphabet», «recite your times tables».

examples

• She recited a poem in assembly. tree →
• Can you recite the seven times table? tree →
• We recited the alphabet backwards. tree →
• He recited the list of planets from memory. tree →
• The class recited the poem together. tree →
• The boy recited his address to the police officer. tree →
• Grandad can still recite poems from school. tree →
• She recited all the reasons she should get a dog. tree →
• Here a group played circus, there another sang and recited. tree →

note

Regular verb; drop -e before -ing: reciting. Noun: recital (a performance), recitation. Reciting from memory is not the same as reading aloud.

In the corpora

• The Gryphon orders her to stand up and recite «'Tis the voice of the sluggard».
• The Qur'an is the holy book of Islam; Muslims believe it is God's word, and it is recited in Arabic.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «recite» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.