"recite" meaning in English

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Verb

IPA: /ɹɪˈsaɪt/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-recite.wav [Southern-England] Forms: recites [present, singular, third-person], reciting [participle, present], recited [participle, past], recited [past]
Rhymes: -aɪt Etymology: From Middle English reciten, from Old French reciter, from Latin recitare. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|reciten}} Middle English reciten, {{der|en|fro|reciter}} Old French reciter, {{der|en|la|recitare}} Latin recitare Head templates: {{en-verb}} recite (third-person singular simple present recites, present participle reciting, simple past and past participle recited)
  1. (transitive) To repeat aloud (some passage, poem or other text previously memorized, or in front of one's eyes), often before an audience. Tags: transitive Categories (topical): Talking Synonyms (repeat aloud): declaim, go through, spout Translations (to repeat aloud some passage, poem or other text): تَلَا (talā) (Arabic), рецитирам (recitiram) (Bulgarian), декламирам (deklamiram) (Bulgarian), recitar (Catalan), خوێندن (xwêndin) (Central Kurdish), 背誦 (Chinese Mandarin), 背诵 (bèisòng) (Chinese Mandarin), recitovat (Czech), recitere (Danish), reciteren (Dutch), deklami (Esperanto), lausua (Finnish), réciter (French), recitar (Galician), vortragen (German), rezitieren (German), zu Gehör bringen (German), aufsagen (english: poem also:) (German), deklamieren (German), 𐌿𐍃𐍃𐌹𐌲𐌲𐍅𐌰𐌽 (ussiggwan) (Gothic), απαγγέλλω (apangéllo) (Greek), דִקְלֵם (diqlém) (Hebrew), felmond (Hungarian), szaval (Hungarian), 暗唱する (anshō suru) (alt: あんしょうする) (Japanese), 吟ずる (ginzuru) (alt: ぎんずる) (Japanese), 부르다 (bureuda) (Korean), 암송하다 (amsonghada) (Korean), 읊다 (eupda) (Korean), 낭독하다 (nangdokhada) (Korean), 복창하다 (bokchanghada) (Korean), recitō (Latin), tātaku (Maori), takutaku (Maori), takitaki (Maori), whakaaraara (Maori), tohitū (english: without a break) (Maori), taki (Maori), taki-ā-kākā (english: by rote, off by heart) (Maori), r'citer (Norman), resitere (Norwegian Bokmål), resitere, resitera (Norwegian Nynorsk), برخواندن (barxândan) (Persian), recytować [imperfective] (Polish), wyrecytować [perfective] (Polish), recitar (Portuguese), rongorongo (Rapa Nui), деклами́ровать (deklamírovatʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), продеклами́ровать (prodeklamírovatʹ) [perfective] (Russian), цити́ровать (citírovatʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), процити́ровать (procitírovatʹ) [perfective] (Russian), पठति (paṭhati) (Sanskrit), recitar (Spanish), declamar (Spanish), ท่อง (tɔ̂ng) (Thai), adrodd (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-recite-en-verb-q~cHCSuv Disambiguation of Talking: 78 12 10 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 73 13 14 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 70 15 15 Disambiguation of 'repeat aloud': 99 0 1 Disambiguation of 'to repeat aloud some passage, poem or other text': 95 1 4
  2. (transitive) To list or enumerate something. Tags: transitive Synonyms (list or enumerate something): tabulate Translations (to list or enumerate something): изброявам (izbrojavam) (Bulgarian), luetella (Finnish), απαριθμώ (aparithmó) (Greek), felsorol (Hungarian), recytować [imperfective] (Polish), wyrecytować [perfective] (Polish), перечисля́ть (perečisljátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), перечи́слить (perečíslitʹ) [perfective] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-recite-en-verb-JOrPORxU Disambiguation of 'list or enumerate something': 1 98 1 Disambiguation of 'to list or enumerate something': 1 99 1
  3. (intransitive) To deliver a recitation. Tags: intransitive Translations (to deliver a recitation): 朗誦 (Chinese Mandarin), 朗诵 (lǎngsòng) (Chinese Mandarin), resitere (Norwegian Bokmål), resitere, resitera (Norwegian Nynorsk), rongorongo (Rapa Nui), деклами́ровать (deklamírovatʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), продеклами́ровать (prodeklamírovatʹ) [perfective] (Russian), цити́ровать (citírovatʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), процити́ровать (procitírovatʹ) [perfective] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-recite-en-verb-cz9FMfAV Disambiguation of 'to deliver a recitation': 2 1 98
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: tick off Related terms: recit, recitation

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          "_dis1": "95 1 4",
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          "word": "рецитирам"
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          "_dis1": "95 1 4",
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          "_dis1": "95 1 4",
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        {
          "_dis1": "95 1 4",
          "code": "nl",
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          "sense": "to repeat aloud some passage, poem or other text",
          "word": "reciteren"
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        {
          "_dis1": "95 1 4",
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "to repeat aloud some passage, poem or other text",
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        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 1 4",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to repeat aloud some passage, poem or other text",
          "word": "lausua"
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        {
          "_dis1": "95 1 4",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "to repeat aloud some passage, poem or other text",
          "word": "réciter"
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        {
          "_dis1": "95 1 4",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "to repeat aloud some passage, poem or other text",
          "word": "recitar"
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        {
          "_dis1": "95 1 4",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to repeat aloud some passage, poem or other text",
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        {
          "_dis1": "95 1 4",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
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          "_dis1": "95 1 4",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to repeat aloud some passage, poem or other text",
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          "_dis1": "95 1 4",
          "code": "de",
          "english": "poem also:",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to repeat aloud some passage, poem or other text",
          "word": "aufsagen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 1 4",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to repeat aloud some passage, poem or other text",
          "word": "deklamieren"
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        {
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          "code": "got",
          "lang": "Gothic",
          "roman": "ussiggwan",
          "sense": "to repeat aloud some passage, poem or other text",
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        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 1 4",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "apangéllo",
          "sense": "to repeat aloud some passage, poem or other text",
          "word": "απαγγέλλω"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 1 4",
          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "roman": "diqlém",
          "sense": "to repeat aloud some passage, poem or other text",
          "word": "דִקְלֵם"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 1 4",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to repeat aloud some passage, poem or other text",
          "word": "felmond"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 1 4",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to repeat aloud some passage, poem or other text",
          "word": "szaval"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 1 4",
          "alt": "あんしょうする",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "anshō suru",
          "sense": "to repeat aloud some passage, poem or other text",
          "word": "暗唱する"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 1 4",
          "alt": "ぎんずる",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "ginzuru",
          "sense": "to repeat aloud some passage, poem or other text",
          "word": "吟ずる"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 1 4",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "bureuda",
          "sense": "to repeat aloud some passage, poem or other text",
          "word": "부르다"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 1 4",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "amsonghada",
          "sense": "to repeat aloud some passage, poem or other text",
          "word": "암송하다"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 1 4",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "eupda",
          "sense": "to repeat aloud some passage, poem or other text",
          "word": "읊다"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 1 4",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "nangdokhada",
          "sense": "to repeat aloud some passage, poem or other text",
          "word": "낭독하다"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 1 4",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "bokchanghada",
          "sense": "to repeat aloud some passage, poem or other text",
          "word": "복창하다"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 1 4",
          "code": "ckb",
          "lang": "Central Kurdish",
          "roman": "xwêndin",
          "sense": "to repeat aloud some passage, poem or other text",
          "word": "خوێندن"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 1 4",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "to repeat aloud some passage, poem or other text",
          "word": "recitō"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 1 4",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "to repeat aloud some passage, poem or other text",
          "word": "tātaku"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 1 4",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "to repeat aloud some passage, poem or other text",
          "word": "takutaku"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 1 4",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "to repeat aloud some passage, poem or other text",
          "word": "takitaki"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 1 4",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "to repeat aloud some passage, poem or other text",
          "word": "whakaaraara"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 1 4",
          "code": "mi",
          "english": "without a break",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "to repeat aloud some passage, poem or other text",
          "word": "tohitū"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 1 4",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "to repeat aloud some passage, poem or other text",
          "word": "taki"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 1 4",
          "code": "mi",
          "english": "by rote, off by heart",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "to repeat aloud some passage, poem or other text",
          "word": "taki-ā-kākā"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 1 4",
          "code": "nrf",
          "lang": "Norman",
          "sense": "to repeat aloud some passage, poem or other text",
          "word": "r'citer"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 1 4",
          "code": "no",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "to repeat aloud some passage, poem or other text",
          "word": "resitere"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 1 4",
          "code": "no",
          "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
          "sense": "to repeat aloud some passage, poem or other text",
          "word": "resitere, resitera"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 1 4",
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "barxândan",
          "sense": "to repeat aloud some passage, poem or other text",
          "word": "برخواندن"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 1 4",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "to repeat aloud some passage, poem or other text",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "recytować"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 1 4",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "to repeat aloud some passage, poem or other text",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "wyrecytować"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 1 4",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "to repeat aloud some passage, poem or other text",
          "word": "recitar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 1 4",
          "code": "rap",
          "lang": "Rapa Nui",
          "sense": "to repeat aloud some passage, poem or other text",
          "word": "rongorongo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 1 4",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "deklamírovatʹ",
          "sense": "to repeat aloud some passage, poem or other text",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "деклами́ровать"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 1 4",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "prodeklamírovatʹ",
          "sense": "to repeat aloud some passage, poem or other text",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "продеклами́ровать"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 1 4",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "citírovatʹ",
          "sense": "to repeat aloud some passage, poem or other text",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "цити́ровать"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 1 4",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "procitírovatʹ",
          "sense": "to repeat aloud some passage, poem or other text",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "процити́ровать"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 1 4",
          "code": "sa",
          "lang": "Sanskrit",
          "roman": "paṭhati",
          "sense": "to repeat aloud some passage, poem or other text",
          "word": "पठति"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 1 4",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to repeat aloud some passage, poem or other text",
          "word": "recitar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 1 4",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to repeat aloud some passage, poem or other text",
          "word": "declamar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 1 4",
          "code": "th",
          "lang": "Thai",
          "roman": "tɔ̂ng",
          "sense": "to repeat aloud some passage, poem or other text",
          "word": "ท่อง"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "95 1 4",
          "code": "cy",
          "lang": "Welsh",
          "sense": "to repeat aloud some passage, poem or other text",
          "word": "adrodd"
        }
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        "(transitive) To list or enumerate something."
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          "_dis1": "1 98 1",
          "sense": "list or enumerate something",
          "word": "tabulate"
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        {
          "_dis1": "1 99 1",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "izbrojavam",
          "sense": "to list or enumerate something",
          "word": "изброявам"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 99 1",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to list or enumerate something",
          "word": "luetella"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 99 1",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "aparithmó",
          "sense": "to list or enumerate something",
          "word": "απαριθμώ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 99 1",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to list or enumerate something",
          "word": "felsorol"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 99 1",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "to list or enumerate something",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "recytować"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 99 1",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "to list or enumerate something",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "wyrecytować"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 99 1",
          "code": "ru",
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            "imperfective"
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        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 99 1",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "perečíslitʹ",
          "sense": "to list or enumerate something",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
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        }
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        "(intransitive) To deliver a recitation."
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          "word": "朗誦"
        },
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          "_dis1": "2 1 98",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "lǎngsòng",
          "sense": "to deliver a recitation",
          "word": "朗诵"
        },
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          "sense": "to deliver a recitation",
          "word": "resitere"
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        {
          "_dis1": "2 1 98",
          "code": "no",
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          "_dis1": "2 1 98",
          "code": "rap",
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          "sense": "to deliver a recitation",
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        {
          "_dis1": "2 1 98",
          "code": "ru",
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          "roman": "deklamírovatʹ",
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          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "деклами́ровать"
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        {
          "_dis1": "2 1 98",
          "code": "ru",
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        {
          "_dis1": "2 1 98",
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          "lang": "Russian",
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          "sense": "to deliver a recitation",
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          "word": "цити́ровать"
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        {
          "_dis1": "2 1 98",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "procitírovatʹ",
          "sense": "to deliver a recitation",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
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        "(transitive) To repeat aloud (some passage, poem or other text previously memorized, or in front of one's eyes), often before an audience."
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      "sense": "repeat aloud",
      "word": "declaim"
    },
    {
      "sense": "repeat aloud",
      "word": "go through"
    },
    {
      "sense": "repeat aloud",
      "word": "spout"
    },
    {
      "sense": "list or enumerate something",
      "word": "tabulate"
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    {
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    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "talā",
      "sense": "to repeat aloud some passage, poem or other text",
      "word": "تَلَا"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "recitiram",
      "sense": "to repeat aloud some passage, poem or other text",
      "word": "рецитирам"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "deklamiram",
      "sense": "to repeat aloud some passage, poem or other text",
      "word": "декламирам"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "to repeat aloud some passage, poem or other text",
      "word": "recitar"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "to repeat aloud some passage, poem or other text",
      "word": "背誦"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "bèisòng",
      "sense": "to repeat aloud some passage, poem or other text",
      "word": "背诵"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to repeat aloud some passage, poem or other text",
      "word": "recitovat"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "to repeat aloud some passage, poem or other text",
      "word": "recitere"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to repeat aloud some passage, poem or other text",
      "word": "reciteren"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "to repeat aloud some passage, poem or other text",
      "word": "deklami"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to repeat aloud some passage, poem or other text",
      "word": "lausua"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to repeat aloud some passage, poem or other text",
      "word": "réciter"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "to repeat aloud some passage, poem or other text",
      "word": "recitar"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to repeat aloud some passage, poem or other text",
      "word": "vortragen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to repeat aloud some passage, poem or other text",
      "word": "rezitieren"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to repeat aloud some passage, poem or other text",
      "word": "zu Gehör bringen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "english": "poem also:",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to repeat aloud some passage, poem or other text",
      "word": "aufsagen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to repeat aloud some passage, poem or other text",
      "word": "deklamieren"
    },
    {
      "code": "got",
      "lang": "Gothic",
      "roman": "ussiggwan",
      "sense": "to repeat aloud some passage, poem or other text",
      "word": "𐌿𐍃𐍃𐌹𐌲𐌲𐍅𐌰𐌽"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "apangéllo",
      "sense": "to repeat aloud some passage, poem or other text",
      "word": "απαγγέλλω"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "diqlém",
      "sense": "to repeat aloud some passage, poem or other text",
      "word": "דִקְלֵם"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to repeat aloud some passage, poem or other text",
      "word": "felmond"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to repeat aloud some passage, poem or other text",
      "word": "szaval"
    },
    {
      "alt": "あんしょうする",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "anshō suru",
      "sense": "to repeat aloud some passage, poem or other text",
      "word": "暗唱する"
    },
    {
      "alt": "ぎんずる",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "ginzuru",
      "sense": "to repeat aloud some passage, poem or other text",
      "word": "吟ずる"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "bureuda",
      "sense": "to repeat aloud some passage, poem or other text",
      "word": "부르다"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "amsonghada",
      "sense": "to repeat aloud some passage, poem or other text",
      "word": "암송하다"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "eupda",
      "sense": "to repeat aloud some passage, poem or other text",
      "word": "읊다"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "nangdokhada",
      "sense": "to repeat aloud some passage, poem or other text",
      "word": "낭독하다"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "bokchanghada",
      "sense": "to repeat aloud some passage, poem or other text",
      "word": "복창하다"
    },
    {
      "code": "ckb",
      "lang": "Central Kurdish",
      "roman": "xwêndin",
      "sense": "to repeat aloud some passage, poem or other text",
      "word": "خوێندن"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "to repeat aloud some passage, poem or other text",
      "word": "recitō"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to repeat aloud some passage, poem or other text",
      "word": "tātaku"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to repeat aloud some passage, poem or other text",
      "word": "takutaku"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to repeat aloud some passage, poem or other text",
      "word": "takitaki"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to repeat aloud some passage, poem or other text",
      "word": "whakaaraara"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "english": "without a break",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to repeat aloud some passage, poem or other text",
      "word": "tohitū"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to repeat aloud some passage, poem or other text",
      "word": "taki"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "english": "by rote, off by heart",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to repeat aloud some passage, poem or other text",
      "word": "taki-ā-kākā"
    },
    {
      "code": "nrf",
      "lang": "Norman",
      "sense": "to repeat aloud some passage, poem or other text",
      "word": "r'citer"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "to repeat aloud some passage, poem or other text",
      "word": "resitere"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "to repeat aloud some passage, poem or other text",
      "word": "resitere, resitera"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "barxândan",
      "sense": "to repeat aloud some passage, poem or other text",
      "word": "برخواندن"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to repeat aloud some passage, poem or other text",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "recytować"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to repeat aloud some passage, poem or other text",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "wyrecytować"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to repeat aloud some passage, poem or other text",
      "word": "recitar"
    },
    {
      "code": "rap",
      "lang": "Rapa Nui",
      "sense": "to repeat aloud some passage, poem or other text",
      "word": "rongorongo"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "deklamírovatʹ",
      "sense": "to repeat aloud some passage, poem or other text",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "деклами́ровать"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "prodeklamírovatʹ",
      "sense": "to repeat aloud some passage, poem or other text",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "продеклами́ровать"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "citírovatʹ",
      "sense": "to repeat aloud some passage, poem or other text",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "цити́ровать"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "procitírovatʹ",
      "sense": "to repeat aloud some passage, poem or other text",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "процити́ровать"
    },
    {
      "code": "sa",
      "lang": "Sanskrit",
      "roman": "paṭhati",
      "sense": "to repeat aloud some passage, poem or other text",
      "word": "पठति"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to repeat aloud some passage, poem or other text",
      "word": "recitar"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to repeat aloud some passage, poem or other text",
      "word": "declamar"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "tɔ̂ng",
      "sense": "to repeat aloud some passage, poem or other text",
      "word": "ท่อง"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "to repeat aloud some passage, poem or other text",
      "word": "adrodd"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "izbrojavam",
      "sense": "to list or enumerate something",
      "word": "изброявам"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to list or enumerate something",
      "word": "luetella"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "aparithmó",
      "sense": "to list or enumerate something",
      "word": "απαριθμώ"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to list or enumerate something",
      "word": "felsorol"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to list or enumerate something",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "recytować"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to list or enumerate something",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "wyrecytować"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "perečisljátʹ",
      "sense": "to list or enumerate something",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "перечисля́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "perečíslitʹ",
      "sense": "to list or enumerate something",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "перечи́слить"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "to deliver a recitation",
      "word": "朗誦"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "lǎngsòng",
      "sense": "to deliver a recitation",
      "word": "朗诵"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "to deliver a recitation",
      "word": "resitere"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "to deliver a recitation",
      "word": "resitere, resitera"
    },
    {
      "code": "rap",
      "lang": "Rapa Nui",
      "sense": "to deliver a recitation",
      "word": "rongorongo"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "deklamírovatʹ",
      "sense": "to deliver a recitation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "деклами́ровать"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "prodeklamírovatʹ",
      "sense": "to deliver a recitation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "продеклами́ровать"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "citírovatʹ",
      "sense": "to deliver a recitation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "цити́ровать"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "procitírovatʹ",
      "sense": "to deliver a recitation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "процити́ровать"
    }
  ],
  "word": "recite"
}

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