The teacher noted several mistakes in my recitation.
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Recitation
//ˌɹɛsɪˈteɪʃən//
Synonyms for "recitation" (82 found)
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2 entriesderived
3 entriesis a
3 entriesrelated to
14 entriesTranslations
38 translations across 22 languages.
Arabic
1 entries- تِلَاوَة noun (act of reciting)
Bulgarian
2 entries- деклами́ране noun (act of reciting)
- рецити́ране noun (act of reciting)
Chinese Mandarin
3 entries- 吟誦 /吟诵 noun (act of reciting)
- 朗誦 /朗诵 noun (act of reciting)
- 背誦 /背诵 noun (act of reciting)
Czech
1 entries- recitace noun (act of reciting)
Danish
1 entries- recitation noun (act of reciting)
French
2 entries- récitation noun (act of reciting)
- récitation noun (material recited)
German
2 entries- Rezitation noun (act of reciting)
- Vortragen noun (act of reciting)
Greek
2 entries- απαγγελία noun (act of reciting)
- αφήγηση noun (act of reciting)
Hebrew
1 entries- דִּקְלוּם noun (act of reciting)
Hungarian
1 entries- szavalat noun (act of reciting)
Indonesian
3 entries- hafalan noun (act of reciting)
- hafalan noun (material recited)
- penghafalan noun (act of reciting)
Irish
2 entries- aithriseoireacht noun (act of reciting)
- reacaireacht noun (act of reciting)
Japanese
1 entries- 暗唱 noun (act of reciting)
Kazakh
1 entries- тақпақтау noun (act of reciting)
Korean
3 entries- 낭독 noun (act of reciting)
- 낭송 noun (act of reciting)
- 암송 noun (act of reciting)
Latin
1 entries- recitātiō noun (act of reciting)
Polish
3 entries- deklamacja noun (act of reciting)
- recytacja noun (act of reciting)
- tekst noun (material recited)
Romanian
1 entries- recitare noun (act of reciting)
Russian
3 entries- деклама́ция noun (act of reciting)
- рецита́ция noun (act of reciting)
- цити́рование noun (act of reciting)
Spanish
1 entries- recitación noun (act of reciting)
Tibetan
2 entries- ངག་འདོན noun (act of reciting)
- བཟླས་བརྗོད noun (act of reciting)
Welsh
1 entries- adroddiad noun (act of reciting)
Sample sentences
8 total sentences available.
His recitation of the Quran is terrible.
Source: tatoeba (8247727)
The professor assigned the recitation sections to the teaching assistants.
Source: tatoeba (10913598)
“I declare, my recitation has made you cry, Marilla,” said Anne gaily, stooping over Marilla’s chair to drop a butterfly kiss on that lady’s cheek. “Now, I call that a positive triumph.”
Source: tatoeba (12896531)
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