1
as in describing
to give an oral or written account of in some detail
recited the funny story of how he and his girlfriend met
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2
as in memorizing
to give from memory
after all these years, she's still able to recite the poems she learned as a child
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3
as in listing
to specify one after another
the Declaration of Independence recites a long list of grievances against King George III
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Recent Examples of reciting
Line of the week is Benito reciting a snippet of Pablo Neruda in Spanish.
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Sara Netzley, Entertainment Weekly, 10 Sep. 2025
Less convincing are some of the dramatically hefty scenes involving Dillon’s Horn, who seems, at times, to be reciting his dialogue rather than fully embodying it.
—Jordan Mintzer, HollywoodReporter, 4 Sep. 2025
The musical is noted for the audience participation, including singing along to the tunes, reciting dialogue and some even dressing as characters in the movie.
—Lisa Respers France, CNN Money, 1 Sep. 2025
Mr Rank One TikToker even impersonated Ice Cube, recording themselves dressed as him and reciting lines from the movie.
—Austin Mullen, NBC news, 13 Aug. 2025
When Souleymane rehearses his account, in an early scene, Barry admonishes him for blandly reciting (and often bungling) the false facts he’s been given.
—Justin Chang, New Yorker, 6 Aug. 2025
In the tape, filmed by our babysitter, June sits in a chair against a brick wall, reciting her lines and picking at her knee, pensively.
—Lauren Hilgers, Vulture, 7 Jan. 2025
Beyond Saturday Night trailer, released Tuesday, features SNL alums Will Ferrell, Amy Poehler, Kenan Thompson, Seth Meyers, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, and more recalling their favorite sketches and reciting SNL’s famous, cold open outro.
—Kalia Richardson, Rolling Stone, 7 Jan. 2025
There's not a one Linus reciting Luke 2 speech that just ends everything, and everything is warm again.
—NBC News, 22 Dec. 2024
Sara Netzley, Entertainment Weekly, 10 Sep. 2025
Less convincing are some of the dramatically hefty scenes involving Dillon’s Horn, who seems, at times, to be reciting his dialogue rather than fully embodying it.
—Jordan Mintzer, HollywoodReporter, 4 Sep. 2025
The musical is noted for the audience participation, including singing along to the tunes, reciting dialogue and some even dressing as characters in the movie.
—Lisa Respers France, CNN Money, 1 Sep. 2025
Mr Rank One TikToker even impersonated Ice Cube, recording themselves dressed as him and reciting lines from the movie.
—Austin Mullen, NBC news, 13 Aug. 2025
When Souleymane rehearses his account, in an early scene, Barry admonishes him for blandly reciting (and often bungling) the false facts he’s been given.
—Justin Chang, New Yorker, 6 Aug. 2025
In the tape, filmed by our babysitter, June sits in a chair against a brick wall, reciting her lines and picking at her knee, pensively.
—Lauren Hilgers, Vulture, 7 Jan. 2025
Beyond Saturday Night trailer, released Tuesday, features SNL alums Will Ferrell, Amy Poehler, Kenan Thompson, Seth Meyers, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, and more recalling their favorite sketches and reciting SNL’s famous, cold open outro.
—Kalia Richardson, Rolling Stone, 7 Jan. 2025
There's not a one Linus reciting Luke 2 speech that just ends everything, and everything is warm again.
—NBC News, 22 Dec. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for reciting
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Soliman fled to the United States in 2014 on a visitor visa and later filed a petition for asylum, describing how security forces over the years had locked him up on false charges and tortured him with electrical shocks.—
Hannah Allam,
ProPublica,
10 Sep. 2025
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The aging brick walls, high arched wooden ceiling and original decorative elements of the Renaissance-era building provided quite a contrast with speakers who were describing the latest in present and future technologies.—
Anthony DeMarco,
Forbes.com,
10 Sep. 2025
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Quaid, who portrayed the imposing Cousin Eddie in the movie, said that Chase had trouble memorizing his dialogue while filming a particularly verbose breakdown scene near the climax of the film.—
Wesley Stenzel,
EW.com,
31 Aug. 2025
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A little circular icon at the bottom of the screen tracks and visualizes your exact thumb motion with a red line to make memorizing tricks easier.—
Griff Griffin,
MSNBC Newsweek,
27 Aug. 2025
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Nick Sadek, the Sotheby’s International Realty broker, is also a listing agent on the property.—
John Turton,
Sacbee.com,
13 Sep. 2025
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Leslie had been discovered deceased in her upstairs bathroom, with the autopsy listing her official cause of death as blunt force trauma.—
Claire Lempert,
ABC News,
12 Sep. 2025
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White House chief of staff Susie Wiles held an emotional meeting with staff on Wednesday after the assassination, telling members to go home and hug their families, the Wall Street Journal reported.—
Brady Knox,
The Washington Examiner,
12 Sep. 2025
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With his latest weigh-in blunder, there's no telling whether Dana White, who has publicly criticized Gastelum for his egregious weigh-in mishaps in the past, will cut the longtime vet.—
Josh Hammer,
MSNBC Newsweek,
12 Sep. 2025
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Kennedy has also recently cleaned house in the CDC’s critical advisory committee, which makes vaccine policy recommendations to the CDC’s director, including those outlining who should get vaccinated, with what vaccines and at what age.—
Michelle Marchante,
Miami Herald,
12 Sep. 2025
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Since the discovery of PFAS, town officials — who are elected volunteers — feel there hasn't been a lot of guidance from the state, other than outlining that something needs to be done to bring the PFAS levels down.—
Hope Karnopp,
jsonline.com,
11 Sep. 2025
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Another features audio of Kaw elder Curtis Kehkahbah recounting the rock’s history, set to video of its relocation.—
Chadd Scott,
Forbes.com,
10 Sep. 2025
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By the middle episodes, each POV moves the story forward in its own time, either recounting separate events, or picking up chronologically where the other left off.—
Proma Khosla,
IndieWire,
10 Sep. 2025
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After weeks of detailing her social and mental health struggles with Character.—
Hadas Gold,
CNN Money,
16 Sep. 2025
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While detailing the first in-person meeting between her and Rodríguez, Pascal spoke about the specific rhetoric that trans actors sometimes come up against, which is that trans actors should connect with trans subjects based solely on identity, rather than the many other aspects of their humanity.—
Mathew Rodriguez,
Them.,
15 Sep. 2025
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Paxton, who provided the voice of the nurse narrating a breastfeeding tutorial video that the Mother watched in Barbarian, plays Gary's wife.—
EW.com,
EW.com,
8 Aug. 2025
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The Hollywood Reporter shares an exclusive look at Bledel narrating the audiobook below and a clip of the reading above.—
Lexy Perez,
HollywoodReporter,
5 Aug. 2025
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“Reciting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/reciting. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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