recital

[ ri-sahyt-l ]
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noun
  1. a musical entertainment given usually by a single performer or by a performer and one or more accompanists.

  2. a similar entertainment in a field other than music: a dance recital.

  1. a program or concert by dance or music students to demonstrate their achievements or progress.

  2. an act or instance of reciting.

  3. a formal or public delivery of something memorized.

  4. a detailed statement.

  5. 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

1
First recorded in 1505–15; recite + -al2

synonym study For recital

7. See narrative.

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

  • He seems to follow a system in his recitals, varied as many of them are.

    Birds of the Rockies | Leander Sylvester Keyser
  • It is taught by professors of elocution, and is therefore commonly heard at recitals and also at amateur theatricals.

  • Not long ago I was booked for a couple of recitals in a small town of not more than two thousand inhabitants.

    Piano Mastery | Harriette Brower
  • When 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

recital

/ (rɪˈsaɪtəl) /


noun
  1. a musical performance by a soloist or soloists: Compare concert (def. 1)

  2. the act of reciting or repeating something learned or prepared

  1. an account, narration, or description

  2. a detailed statement of facts, figures, etc

  3. (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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