Associations to the word «Recitation»

Wiktionary

RECITATION, noun. The act of publicly reciting something previously memorized.
RECITATION, noun. The material recited.
RECITATION, noun. A regularly scheduled class, in a school, in which discussion occurs of the material covered in a parallel lecture.

Dictionary definition

RECITATION, noun. Written matter that is recited from memory.
RECITATION, noun. A public instance of reciting or repeating (from memory) something prepared in advance; "the program included songs and recitations of well-loved poems".
RECITATION, noun. A regularly scheduled session as part of a course of study.
RECITATION, noun. Systematic training by multiple repetitions; "practice makes perfect".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats