recited; reciting
1
: to repeat from memory or read aloud publicly
2
3
: to repeat or answer questions about (a lesson)
1
: to repeat or read aloud something memorized or prepared
2
: to reply to a teacher's question on a lesson
reciter
noun
Examples of recite in a Sentence
He recited the poem with great feeling.
He began to recite from the Koran.
He can easily recite all the facts about any player on the team.
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Multiple times in the ongoing playoffs, Carlisle has recited a line about the Pacers being an underdog in almost every game.
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Tony East, Forbes.com, 4 June 2025
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—Rosalio Ahumada, Sacbee.com, 3 June 2025
His girlfriend, Pamela Courson, recited one of the 27-year-old rockstar’s poems from memory.
—Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 30 May 2025
Here, every exposition-heavy line is muttered with the conviction of someone reciting the terms and conditions of an iPhone update.
—Will Leitch, Vulture, 27 May 2025
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Tony East, Forbes.com, 4 June 2025
Testimony in a Placer County murder trial continued Tuesday with an investigator reciting angry emails over a $1.3 million loan for a fledgling business between a Lake Tahoe-area couple and their former Major League Baseball player son-in-law who is accused of shooting them.
—Rosalio Ahumada, Sacbee.com, 3 June 2025
His girlfriend, Pamela Courson, recited one of the 27-year-old rockstar’s poems from memory.
—Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 30 May 2025
Here, every exposition-heavy line is muttered with the conviction of someone reciting the terms and conditions of an iPhone update.
—Will Leitch, Vulture, 27 May 2025
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recite
verb
re·cite
ri-ˈsīt 
recited; reciting
1
: to repeat from memory or read aloud before an audience
recite a poem
2
: to tell all the details of
3
: to answer questions about a lesson
reciter
noun
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