recite[verb]Synonyms: repeat, declaim, deliver, narrate, perform, speak
Related Words: count,
enumerate,
number,
tell [TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲
re‧cite /rɪˈsaɪt/
verb[
Date: 1400-1500;
Language: French;
Origin: réciter, from Latin recitare, from citare; ⇒ cite]
1. [intransitive and transitive] 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 at school.2. [transitive] to tell someone a series or list of things:
Len recited the breakfast menu – cereal, bacon and eggs, and toast.—reciter noun [countable] [TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲