Definition of "recitation" []

• The act of reciting memorized materials in a public performance. (noun)
• The material so presented. (noun)
• Oral delivery of prepared lessons by a pupil. (noun)
• The class period within which this delivery occurs. (noun)

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• "The decision was written in such a way that I had a hard time discerning the factual time line of this case, but I believe that the following factual recitation is correct."
• "Know, O King, that last night I was at a party where they made a perfection of the Koran and got together doctors of law and religion skilled in recitation and intoning; and, when the readers ended, the table was spread and amongst other things they set before us was a marinated ragout553 flavoured with cumin seed."
• "The scene, containing much recitation, is long and well told."