reciting

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noun

A recitation.

Less commonScrabble 11

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verb
  1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of recite
nounreciting (plural recitings)

plural recitings

  1. A recitation.

    During these public recitings (and performances) of verse, an audience (sometimes a jury of experts and a lay audience) judges the performers.

    2021, Hans-Peter Wagner, A History of British, Irish and American Literature, page 387

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