Recital
[rɪ'saɪt(ə)l] or [rɪ'saɪtl]
Definition
(noun.) performance of music or dance especially by soloists.
(noun.) a detailed account or description of something; 'he was forced to listen to a recital of his many shortcomings'.
(noun.) a detailed statement giving facts and figures; 'his wife gave a recital of his infidelities'.
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Definition
(n.) The act of reciting; the repetition of the words of another, or of a document; rehearsal; as, the recital of testimony.
(n.) A telling in detail and due order of the particulars of anything, as of a law, an adventure, or a series of events; narration.
(n.) That which is recited; a story; a narration.
(n.) A vocal or instrumental performance by one person; -- distinguished from concert; as, a song recital; an organ, piano, or violin recital.
(n.) 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.
Checker: Wilbur
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Repetition, rehearsal, recitation.[2]. Narration, relation, description, narrative, account, statement, history, story.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Recitation, repetition, rehearsal, relation, description, account, statement,narrative,[See ACCOUNT]
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Examples
- The recital went on. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Each of these embrace a mass of detail too voluminous for recital here. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Your character was unfolded in the recital which I received many months ago from Mr. Wickham. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- She was not sorry, however, to have the recital of them interrupted by the lady from whom they sprang. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- When Caliphronas finished his recital, he flung himself back on the turf, and waited for Crispin to speak, which the young man did after a long pause. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- Anyhow, Mr. Wopsle's Roman nose so aggravated me, during the recital of my misdemeanours, that I should have liked to pull it until he howled. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- The invalid sank back upon his cushions, tired out by this long recital, while his nurse poured him out a glass of some stimulating medicine. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- He may be able to recite, but the recital is a mechanical rehearsal. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- Bradley Headstone's face had changed during this latter recital, and he had observed the speaker with a more sustained attention. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Haley began a pathetic recital of his peculiar troubles. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- If the light of divinity shine through our recital, we will neither help nor hinder it. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- I spare you the recital of Mrs. Todd's hospitable remonstrances and refusals. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- So far each recital confirmed the other; but when she came to the will, the difference was great. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- She eyed his crafty face narrowly, as she inquired to his recital of Toby Crackit's story. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- Mr. Pickwick's brow darkened during the recital. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- The accuracy of these recitals was sufficiently obvious to me, to give me great confidence in Joe's information. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- These recitals, Jem, in a languid manner, received with 'charming! Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
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