English-Thai Dictionary

recitation

N การท่องจำ  narrating soliloquizing kan-tong-jam

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

RECITATION

n.[L. recitatio.] 1. Rehearsal; repetition of words.
2. In colleges and schools, the rehersal of a lesson by pupils before their instructor.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

RECITATION

Rec `i *ta "tion, n. Etym: [L. recitatio: cf. F. récitation. See Recite. ]

 

1. The act of reciting; rehearsal; repetition of words or sentences. Hammond.

 

2. The delivery before an audience of something committed to memory, especially as an elocutionary exhibition; also, that which is so delivered.

 

3. (Colleges and Schools )

 

Defn: The rehearsal of a lesson by pupils before their instructor.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

recitation

rec i ta tion |ˌresiˈtāSHən resɪˈteɪʃn | ▶noun the action of repeating something aloud from memory: the recitation of traditional poems. • the repetition of a list of facts.

 

Oxford Dictionary

recitation

reci |ta ¦tion |ˌrɛsɪˈteɪʃ (ə )n | ▶noun the action of repeating something aloud from memory: the recitation of traditional poems. • the repetition of a list of facts.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

recitation

recitation noun 1 the recitation of his poem: recital, saying aloud, declamation, rendering, rendition, delivery, performance. 2 a recitation of her life story: account, description, narration, narrative, story. 3 songs and recitations: reading, passage; poem, verse, monologue.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

recitation

recitation noun 1 the recitation of his poem: recital, saying aloud, reading aloud, declaiming, declamation, rendering, rendition, delivery, performance. 2 do not respond to the question with a recitation of your life story: account, description, narration, narrative, story, tale, history; recapitulation, rehearsal, run through; rare recountal. 3 those who could do so entertained the others with songs and recitations: reading, passage, piece, something known off by heart; poem, verse, monologue; informal one's party piece.

 

French Dictionary

récitation

récitation n. f. nom féminin 1 Action de réciter un texte que l ’on connaît par cœur. : La récitation d ’une fable de La Fontaine. 2 Texte à apprendre par cœur. : Savoir sa récitation.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

recitation

rec i ta tion /rèsɪtéɪʃ (ə )n /名詞 1 U C (聴衆の前での詩 文学の [を ])暗唱 (すること ).2 C ｟書 ｠(出来事の )説明 [叙述, 記述 ].