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• In the first year of school, pupils are taught to recite the alphabet.From the entry alphabet
• I don't think I could recite "Peter Piper" quickly ten times with a straight face.From the entry straight face
• He failed the tests because he could only recite the lessons parrot-fashion.From the entry parrot fashion
• Recite every inflection for each of these words.From the entry inflection
• He recited the story with great animation.From the entry animation
• In the Latin rite, all bishops, priests, and transitional deacons are obliged to recite the Divine Office daily.From the entry office
• The Greek monks always listen to their reader recite Psalms 83, 84, and 85 from the Septuagint at nones.From the entry nones
• The Icelandic epic took all night to recite.From the entry epic
• The same goes for people who can recite their kings and queens.2015 January 4, Harry Mount, “Kings and queens – any other approach to history is boring [print version: Game of thrones, 3 January 2015…. From the entry enfilade
• Can an artist write a rhyme, and recite in a way, that everyone will always remember?2013 February 23, Adam Fleischer, “The 13 Best Rap Verses of 2013”, in Complex, archived from the original on 06 May 2017. From the entry lastingness
• The animal slaughtered without reciting Basmalah is halal (lawful) provided it is an omission by mistake.2009, Qazi Mujahidul Islam Qasmi, The Islamic Concept Of Animal Slaughter: احكام الذبيحة من المنظور الاسلامي [انكليزي] ترجمة, Dar Al Kotob…. From the entry basmalah
• If a person feels death approaching, he should recite the vidui.2006, Joseph Telushkin, A Code of Jewish Ethics: Volume 1: You Shall Be Holy, page 172. From the entry vidui
• The sixteenth-century chroniclers tell us that areítos recited histories, which were transmitted through the generations.2005, Peter E. Siegel, Ancient Borinquen: Archaeology and Ethnohistory of Native Puerto Rico. From the entry areíto
• However, we rule that it is a safek and accordingly the blessing should not be recited.2003, J. H. Henkin, Responsa on Contemporary Jewish Women's Issues, KTAV Publishing House, Inc., →ISBN, page 58. From the entry safek
• The benediction recited by the oleh before reading the portion of the Torah.1996, Macy Nulman, The Encyclopedia of Jewish Prayer, page 106. From the entry oleh
• Some recite this portion by cantillating each verse twice and then saying the Targum.1996, Macy Nulman, The Encyclopedia of Jewish Prayer, page 264. From the entry cantillate
• A meditation recited noncongregationally as the worshipers wait for the Kol Nidre service to begin.1996, Macy Nulman, The Encyclopedia of Jewish Prayer, page 318. From the entry noncongregationally
• The commercials have a "voiceunder" reciting the words of Ralph Waldo Emerson.1988, Adweek: Western advertising news - Volume 38, Issues 16-30, page 85. From the entry voiceunder
• The story goes that orthonymous Pessoa became a poet after encountering Caeiro and hearing him recite from The Keeper of Sheep.2019, Rehan P. Visser, “Fernando Pessoa’s Art of Living: Ironic Multiples, Multiple Ironies”, in The Philosophical Forum, volume 50…. From the entry orthonymous
• Zhou’s colleagues recited it in unison during an excursion to Slender West Lake, a World Heritage Site in the city.2018 June 4, Steven Lee Myers, “How to Catch a Killer in China: Another Chinese Crime Novel Goes Global”, in The New York Times, →ISSN…. From the entry Slender West Lake
• There’s a sick comfort in reciting this litany of defects.2015, Deborah Moggach, “Oreya, West Africa”, in Something to Hide, London: Chatto & Windus, →ISBN, part 2, page 180. From the entry bit by bit
• Can you recite the entire "Twilight" movie?2009 July 16, “An event to sink your teeth into”, in The Charleston Gazette. From the entry fanpire
• I could recite that stuff by heart.2007, Gary Chapman, Catherine Palmer, It Happens Every Spring, Tyndale House, →ISBN, page 54. From the entry play the same tape
• Francis Chapel at Graymoor would toll, summoning us to recite the De Profundis on behalf of the dead.2005, Geoff Wood, Living the Lectionary, Year B: Links to Life and Literature, →ISBN, page 33. From the entry de profundis
• She recites the principal metals, and has Sophie repeat them: gold, silver, platina, quicksilver, copper, iron, lead, tin, aluminium.2002, Michel Faber, The Crimson Petal and the White, Canongate Books (2010), page 792. From the entry platina
• Psalmody refers to singing or reciting psalms; in the cenobium this was performed communally seven times a day.2002, Robert Imperato, “Desert Tradition: Cassian and Benedict”, in Early and Medieval Christian Spirituality, Lanham, Md.: University…. From the entry coenobium
• She recites her own family’s mantra regarding toilet-flushing: “If it’s yellow, let it mellow; if it’s brown, flush it down.”2002 October 7, Liz Stevens, “Green day”, in Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 97th year, number 165, Fort Worth, Tex., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 11D…. From the entry if it's yellow, let it mellow; if it's brown, flush it down
• In Asia, where the teacher is the complete source of knowledge, students listen, take notes, memorize, recite and follow directions.2000 August 26, Norine Dresser, “Role-Playing Dilemma”, in Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles, Calif.: Los Angeles Times Communications…. From the entry role play
• There's a series of slokas to be recited.1997, Kiran Nagarkar, Cuckold, HarperCollins, published 2013, page 268. From the entry sloka
• In the Polish rite the refrain only is said, while the Western German and Minhag of Posen recite the entire poem.1996, Macy Nulman, The Encyclopedia of Jewish Prayer, page 300. From the entry minhag
• I can recite parts of his speeches still.1983, Floyd S[herman] Chalmers, Both Sides of the Street: One Man’s Life in Business and the Arts in Canada, Macmillan of Canada, →ISBN…. From the entry Tronna
• Tolkien has even created an Old Elvish language, in which some of the verse that his characters recite is written.1983, The Current Digest of the Soviet Press, volume 35, numbers 14–26, American Association for the Advancement of Slavic Studies, page 14. From the entry Old Elvish
• Its seventy-six members got together to recite buddha's name once a month; and on other occasions to celebrate Pure Land festivals.1972, Holmes Welch, Buddhism under Mao, Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 315. From the entry Nantung
• Sitting cross-legged upon his mat in the middle of the circle, the Fakir recited three mantrams and then gradually became entranced.1936, Rollo Ahmed, The Black Art, London: Long, page 198. From the entry mantram
• He has the best lines to recite.1926 May 22, Morris Markey, “A Yankee Holiday”, in The New Yorker, volume 2, number 14, New York, N. Y.: F-R Pub. Corp., page 21. From the entry contrastful
• Laughlin recited the first rise of J.1907 November 18, “High Finance Is the Cause: Julian Laughlin, Author of “The Origin of Civilization,” Advances an Unique Explanation of…. From the entry be-sceptered
• I am hearing that on his deathbed Ali Khamenei received the light of Zoroastrianism and unhesitatingly recited the entirety of the Ohrmazd Yasht.2026 February 28, @BovrilG, X. From the entry House of Song

Meaning of recite

1. verb To repeat aloud (some passage, poem or other text previously memorized, or in front of one's eyes), often before an audience.
2. verb To list or enumerate something.
3. verb To deliver a recitation.

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How do you use recite in a sentence?

Recite is used as a verb. For example: “Janice is able to recite pi to 100 decimals.”

What is a short sentence with recite?

“Can you recite the entire "Twilight" movie?”

What does recite mean?

Recite means to repeat aloud (some passage, poem or other text previously memorized, or in front of one's eyes), often before an audience.