recital
a musical entertainment given usually by a single performer or by a performer and one or more accompanists.
a similar entertainment in a field other than music: a dance recital.
a program or concert by dance or music students to demonstrate their achievements or progress.
an act or instance of reciting.
a formal or public delivery of something memorized.
a detailed statement.
an account, narrative, or description: He gave a recital of the things he'd been doing since we'd last seen him.
Origin of recital
1synonym study For recital
Other words from recital
- re·cit·al·ist, noun
- non·re·cit·al, noun, adjective
- pre·re·cit·al, noun
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How to use recital in a sentence
Others seemed to be performing bombastic recitals of their grievances as if they were ill-trained actors or undercover agents.
They were jobs that allowed her to contribute to our family, but also allowed her to attend my dance recitals.
Why Some Women Should Listen To Princeton Mom (But Not All Of Us) | Keli Goff | March 12, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTHis 1990 stroke could be one such event, but Tranströmer continued to write, and to play one-handed piano recitals across Europe.
As he writes in the new book, this made Barry a regular at dance recitals that ran longer than the third season of The Wire.
They wear their hearts on their sleeves, and are childlike in the frank recitals of all they were and are and hope to be.
You Never Know Your Luck, Complete | Gilbert Parker
He seems to follow a system in his recitals, varied as many of them are.
Birds of the Rockies | Leander Sylvester KeyserIt is taught by professors of elocution, and is therefore commonly heard at recitals and also at amateur theatricals.
The Sounds of Spoken English | Walter RippmannNot long ago I was booked for a couple of recitals in a small town of not more than two thousand inhabitants.
Piano Mastery | Harriette BrowerWhen I arrived at the little place, and saw the barn of a hotel, I wondered what these people could want with piano recitals.
Piano Mastery | Harriette Brower
British Dictionary definitions for recital
/ (rɪˈsaɪtəl) /
a musical performance by a soloist or soloists: Compare concert (def. 1)
the act of reciting or repeating something learned or prepared
an account, narration, or description
a detailed statement of facts, figures, etc
(often plural) law the preliminary statement in a deed showing the reason for its existence and leading up to and explaining the operative part
Derived forms of recital
- recitalist, noun
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