recite

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I can steal a poem if I recite it as my own.

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recite in elocution

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verb

recite in elocution

verb

repeat aloud from memory; "she recited a poem"; "The pupil recited his lesson for the day"

verb

render verbally, "recite a poem"; "retell a story"

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for recite.

verb

recite in elocution

verb

repeat aloud from memory; "she recited a poem"; "The pupil recited his lesson for the day"

verb

render verbally, "recite a poem"; "retell a story"

verb

narrate or give a detailed account of; "Tell what happened"; "The father told a story to his child"

verb

specify individually; "She enumerated the many obstacles she had encountered"; "The doctor recited the list of possible side effects of the drug"

Example sentences

I can steal a poem if I recite it as my own.

You had to recite a pledge of allegiance?

I can hire a hundred people who can recite what the Gang of Four is or write a bubble sort.

Much better that we all recite this message board trope than talk about golang.

I can recite this thread from memory it has been rehashed so much and I have flagged it as a result.

Access should not be granted because you could recite 10 characters in the right order.

Originally, the Qur'an was meant to be a recited work.

" Happy for the obvious reason, a little sad that I can no longer recite the entire Hobbit as a party trick.

"I could recite chapter and verse of the test drive, the decisions made along the way, the cabin temperature of the car, the cruise control setting and so on. I dont think thats useful here.

As are educators, too. What is this, preparation for when coders are kidnapped by terrorists and forced to recite how to tar/untar stuff on command?

Have you heard a bunch of people recite the phrase "Good programmers don't care about money" ?Turns out, it isn't a perfect description of reality.

Whereupon, without any pause, he immediately began to recite the first chapter and continued until asked to stop after about ten or fifteen minutes.

I can't tell you how many articles and longform pieces I've read on the situation and still can't even pretend that I've achieved some true awareness of what's really going on, though I can recite facts and figures that make me look more well read than the average person.

To prove the author's own point that he/she doesn't understand the scale of a company which serves one billion people?My humble suggestion is this: next time, if you don't have a good reason to recite publicly a litany of unfounded assumptions about an entire country and people, don't -- write something like this instead:> Incredibly impressive.