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RECITATION
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Systematic training by multiple repetitions
Example:
practice makes perfect
Synonyms:
drill; exercise; practice; practice session; recitation
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("recitation" is a kind of...):
grooming; preparation; training (activity leading to skilled behavior)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "recitation"):
fire drill (an exercise intended to train people in duties and escape procedures to be followed in case of fire)
manual; manual of arms ((military) a prescribed drill in handling a rifle)
military drill (training in marching and the use of weapons)
rehearsal ((psychology) a form of practice; repetition of information (silently or aloud) in order to keep it in short-term memory)
dry run; rehearsal (a practice session in preparation for a public performance (as of a play or speech or concert))
brushup; review (practice intended to polish performance or refresh the memory)
scrimmage ((American football) practice play between a football team's squads)
shadowboxing (sparring with an imaginary opponent (for exercise or training))
target practice (practice in shooting at targets)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A regularly scheduled session as part of a course of study
Synonyms:
class period; course session; recitation
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("recitation" is a kind of...):
session (a meeting devoted to a particular activity)
Holonyms ("recitation" is a part of...):
class; course; course of instruction; course of study (education imparted in a series of lessons or meetings)
Sense 3
Meaning:
A public instance of reciting or repeating (from memory) something prepared in advance
Example:
the program included songs and recitations of well-loved poems
Synonyms:
reading; recital; recitation
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("recitation" is a kind of...):
oral presentation; public speaking; speaking; speechmaking (delivering an address to a public audience)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "recitation"):
declamation (recitation of a speech from memory with studied gestures and intonation as an exercise in elocution or rhetoric)
Derivation:
recite (recite in elocution)
recite (render verbally)
Sense 4
Meaning:
Written matter that is recited from memory
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("recitation" is a kind of...):
matter (written works (especially in books or magazines))
Derivation:
recite (repeat aloud from memory)
