Recitation Synonyms

rĕsĭ-tāshən
A class meeting for recitation of answers
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. quiz period
  2. recitation period
  3. examination
  4. oral questioning
  5. schoolroom exercise
  6. discussion hour
  7. class discussion
A composition used for recitation, sense 1
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. speech
  2. soliloquy
  3. monologue
  4. address
  5. oration
  6. talk
  7. proclamation
  8. poetry
  9. reading selection
  10. sermon
  11. appeal
  12. report
  13. performance piece
A regularly scheduled session as part of a course of study
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. course session
  2. class period
Systematic training by multiple repetitions
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. exercise
  2. practice
  3. drill
  4. practice session

Words Related to Recitation

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Related:

  1. class
  2. writing
  3. hymn
  4. ghazals
  5. bhajans
  6. plainsong
  7. salat
  8. qasida

Recitation Sentence Examples

  • Further, the work being intended for public recitation, some rhetorical embellishment was necessary, even at the cost of simplicity.

  • It is followed by a recitation from the Qur'an.

  • In 1456, the recitation of a few prayers before a church crucifix earned a Pardon of 20,000 years for every such repetition.

  • The recitation of the Hesiodic poems was from the first unaccompanied by the lyre.

  • The passage about Marie Antoinette, which has since become a stock piece in books of recitation, seemed to Francis a mere piece of foppery; for was she not a Messalina and a jade?

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