recitation

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   The act of saying a poem, speech, or passage aloud, usually from memory.

   The evening ended with a recitation of her favourite poem.

2. 2
   noun

   A regular class session where students discuss material from a lecture.

   After the main lecture, we met in a small recitation to go over the problems.

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

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