Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The act of reading or reciting in a public performance.
- noun A very detailed account or report of something; a narration.
- noun A public performance of music or dance, especially by a solo performer.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The reciting or repeating of something previously prepared; especially, an elocutionary recitation; the rhetorical delivery before an audience of a composition committed to memory: as, the recital of a poem; a dramatic recital.
- noun A telling over; a narration; a relation of particulars about anything, either orally or in writing: as, the recital of evidence.
- noun That which is recited; a story; a narrative: as, a harrowing recital.
- noun In law:
- noun That part of a deed which rehearses the circumstances inducing or leading to its execution.
- noun Any incidental statement of fact in a deed or contract: as, a recital is evidence of the fact recited, as against the party making it.
- noun A musical performance or concert, vocal or instrumental, especially one given by a single performer, or a concert consisting of selections from the works of some one composer: as, a Wagner recital; a piano recital.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The act of reciting; the repetition of the words of another, or of a document; rehearsal.
- noun A telling in detail and due order of the particulars of anything, as of a law, an adventure, or a series of events; narration.
- noun That which is recited; a story; a narration.
- noun (Mus.) A vocal or instrumental performance by one person; -- distinguished from
concert - noun (Law) The formal statement, or setting forth, of some matter of fact in any deed or writing in order to explain the reasons on which the transaction is founded; the statement of matter in pleading introductory to some positive allegation.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The act of
reciting (the repetition of something that has been memorized);rehearsal - noun The act of telling the order of events of something in detail the order of events;
narration . - noun That which is
recited ; astory , narration,account . - noun A
vocal ,instrumental orvisual performance by asoloist . - noun law A
formal ,preliminary statement in adeed orwriting in order to explain the reasons on which thetransaction is founded, prior to a positiveallegation .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the act of giving an account describing incidents or a course of events
- noun a detailed account or description of something
- noun a public instance of reciting or repeating (from memory) something prepared in advance
- noun a detailed statement giving facts and figures
- noun performance of music or dance especially by soloists
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Examples
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The dance recital is this weekend with dress rehearsals today and tomorrow afternoon and then showings Friday night, Saturday afternoon and Saturday evening.
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Critic-at-large Moe and I got ourselves good and lost in the Sherborn Town Forest this morning, and when we got back to the car, WGBH was rebroadcasting a portion of Garrick Ohlsson's Jordan Hall recital from a couple of weeks back.
Radio radio Matthew Guerrieri 2007
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Critic-at-large Moe and I got ourselves good and lost in the Sherborn Town Forest this morning, and when we got back to the car, WGBH was rebroadcasting a portion of Garrick Ohlsson's Jordan Hall recital from a couple of weeks back.
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When Shams Al – Nahar heard this recital from the damsel, she sighed heavily and the song pleased her.
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This recital is made in a spirit of humble pride as an illustration of how closely our lives have been intertwined.
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Bess had improved immensely on the violin, and her performance at the end-of-term recital had received quite a little ovation.
A Popular Schoolgirl Angela Brazil 1907
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Out West Arts: Under Construction: Rolando Villazón, in recital
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And at the Festival their recital was a high spot.
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And at the Festival their recital was a high spot.
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And at the Festival their recital was a high spot.
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