Meaning & use
recite
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To repeat something aloud from memory, or to read a piece of writing aloud to an audience.
See it in a sentence
Each student had to recite a poem in front of the class.
He could recite the entire speech without looking at his notes.
A note on using this word
Recite implies delivering something already memorized or prepared, which distinguishes it from simply "reading" a text for the first time.
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