List and Recite

List

List verb - To specify one after another.
Usage example: do I need to list all of the reasons why your idea won't work?

Recite is a synonym for list in itemize topic. In some cases you can use "Recite" instead a verb "List".

Nearby Words: listing, listed, lister

Recite

Recite verb - To specify one after another.
Usage example: the Declaration of Independence recites a long list of grievances against King George III

List is a synonym for recite in recount topic. Sometimes you can use "List" instead a verb "Recite", if it concerns topics such as enumerate.

Common collocations

name list name recite name
number list number recite number
time list time recite time
details list details recite details
Other words: times, numbers, names, events, lyrics.

Both words in one sentence

  • List of Transgressions An early Bruno the Bandit strip featured a list which took the entire day to recite, and then some.
  • Try to Fit THAT on a Business Card! In Flaky Pastry it seems that when an entire long-lived species consists of aristocrats, even relative outcasts like Zintiel accumulate a list of titles that takes 15 minutes to recite.
  • Comic Book / Ultimate Fantastic Four Long List: At age 10 Victor Van Damme had to be able to recite his ancestry starting from Vladimir Tepes.
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