## Meanings
1. The act of saying a poem, speech, or passage aloud, usually from memory.
2. A regular class session where students discuss material from a lecture.

## Examples
- The evening ended with a recitation of her favourite poem.
- After the main lecture, we met in a small recitation to go over the problems.

## Derived Forms
- misrecitation
- recitational
- recitationist

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: recitatio

## Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French récitation, from Latin recitatio, equivalent to recite + -ation.

## AI Etymology
Recitation is borrowed from Middle French récitation, from Latin recitatio, equivalent to recite + -ation. In present-day use, it can mean the act of saying a poem, speech, or passage aloud, usually from memory, or a regular class session where students discuss material from a lecture. Derived formations include misrecitation, recitational, and recitationist.

## Topics
- Communication
- Education & Learning
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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