Definition of recitation

"recitation" in the noun sense

1. recitation

written matter that is recited from memory

2. recitation, recital, reading

a public instance of reciting or repeating (from memory) something prepared in advance

"the program included songs and recitations of well-loved poems"

3. course session, class period, recitation

a regularly scheduled session as part of a course of study

4. exercise, practice, drill, practice session, recitation

systematic training by multiple repetitions

"practice makes perfect"

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Quotations for recitation

Mother! How many delightful associations cluster around that word! The innocent smiles of infancy, the gambols of boyhood, and the happiest hours of riper years! When my heart aches and my limbs are weary travelling the thorny path of life, I sit down on some mossy stone, and closing my eyes on real scenes, send my spirit back to the days of early life; I feel afresh my infant joys and sorrows, till my spirit recovers its tone, and is willing to pursue its journey. But in all these reminiscences my mother rises; if I seat myself upon my cushion, it is at her side; if I sing, it is to her ear; if I walk the walls or the meadows, my little hand is in my mother's, and my little feet keep company with hers; when my heart bounds with its best joy, it is because at the performance of some task, or the recitation of some verses, I receive a present from her hand. There is no velvet so soft as a mother's lap, no rose so lovely as her smile, no path so flowery as that imprinted with her footsteps. [ Bishop Thomson ]

recitation in Scrabble®

The word recitation is playable in Scrabble®, no blanks required. Because it is longer than 7 letters, you would have to play off an existing word or do it in several moves.

Scrabble® Letter Score: 12

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Plays In The Letters recitation:

RECITATION
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RECITATION
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Seven Letter Word Alert: (23 words)

aconite, cattier, certain, citator, citrate, citrine, cittern, cornett, enactor, erotica, inciter, inertia, nattier, nictate, nitrate, nitrite, nittier, otarine, ricotta, tantric, tetanic, tintier, titanic

 

All Scrabble® Plays For The Word recitation

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The 200 Highest Scoring Scrabble® Plays For Words Using The Letters In recitation

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recitation in Words With Friends™

The word recitation is playable in Words With Friends™, no blanks required. Because it is longer than 7 letters, you would have to play off an existing word or do it in several moves.

Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 14

Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Plays In The Letters recitation:

RECITATION
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Seven Letter Word Alert: (23 words)

aconite, cattier, certain, citator, citrate, citrine, cittern, cornett, enactor, erotica, inciter, inertia, nattier, nictate, nitrate, nitrite, nittier, otarine, ricotta, tantric, tetanic, tintier, titanic

 

All Words With Friends™ Plays For The Word recitation

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The 200 Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Plays Using The Letters In recitation

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