recitation

Noun

recitation (countable and uncountable, plural recitations)

1. The act of publicly reciting something previously memorized.
   • The recitation will air nationally and be featured at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Florida.2021 January 27, Wayne Sterling, “Youth poet laureate Amanda Gorman to recite poem before Super Bowl LV”, in CNN
2. The material recited.
3. A regularly scheduled class, in a school, in which discussion occurs of the material covered in a parallel lecture.
   • I shall now endeavor to give some account of the College.... Some then go to a recitation of the lesson they have learnt the previous evening. Some return to their rooms till the breakfast-bell, about seven or after. At eight the sludy bell rings. All must then go in their rooms and continue there...1882, Wayside Gleanings for Leisure Moments, Cambridge University Press, page 20
   • In the "announcement of courses" published annually by the faculty of the University of California the reader cannot fail to be impressed with the number and scope of the hours devoted by the students to recitations and lectures upon the subject of "literature."1896, Frank Norris, "The 'English Courses' of the University of California", reprinted in, 1986, Novels and Essays, Library of America, →ISBN, page 1109
4. A reiteration; a setting down, e.g. for ease of reference, of something previously established.
5. A part of a song's lyrics that is spoken rather than sung.