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reciting vs declaiming

Both 'reciting' and 'declaiming' are correct, but they are used in different contexts. 'Reciting' is commonly used when someone is repeating something from memory or a written text, while 'declaiming' is used when someone is speaking forcefully and with passion, often in a theatrical or dramatic manner.

Last updated: March 19, 2024 • 708 views

reciting

The term 'reciting' is correct and commonly used when someone is repeating something from memory or a written text.

Use 'reciting' when someone is repeating something, such as a poem, speech, or passage, from memory or a written text.

Examples:

She was reciting a poem she had learned in school.
He recited the lines of the play with great emotion.
The students took turns reciting the multiplication tables.

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(redirected from reciting) ... Gerund: reciting ..... Here the class was reciting a lesson from an abstruse text-book on economics, reciting it by rote, with so obvious ...
低频词，记不记随你啦~. v. 背诵( recite的现在分词); 详述，列举. 双语例句; 权威例句; 免费口语. 1. You are merely reciting facts that you have learned by rote.
verb (used with object), recited, reciting. 1. to repeat the words ... verb (used without object), recited, reciting. 5. to recite a lesson or .... Related: Recited; reciting.
Browse. Next Word in the Dictionary: reciting notePrevious Word in the Dictionary : recitativoAll Words Near: recite. ADVERTISEMENT. $225,000 for $904/month.

Alternatives:

repeating
memorizing
quoting
parroting
echoing

declaiming

The term 'declaiming' is correct and used when someone is speaking forcefully and with passion, often in a theatrical or dramatic manner.

Use 'declaiming' when someone is speaking forcefully and passionately, often in a theatrical or dramatic manner.

Examples:

He was declaiming against social injustice.
The actor declaimed his lines with great intensity.
She declaimed a powerful speech at the rally.

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declaim. (redirected from declaiming) Also found in: Legal. ... Past participle: declaimed. Gerund: declaiming. Imperative, Present, Preterite, Present Continuous ...
to deliver rhetorically <an actor declaiming his lines>; specifically : to recite in elocution. — de·claim·er noun. — dec·la·ma·tion \ˌde-klə-ˈmā-shən\ noun.
They are also given to cutting capers, dancing jigs, declaiming sonorous prayers and leading countless suitors of different nationalities on merry chases.
At first in English spelled declame, but altered under influence of claim. Related: Declaimed; declaiming. Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper

Alternatives:

proclaiming
asserting
pronouncing
articulating
expressing

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