recital
Americannoun
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a musical entertainment given usually by a single performer or by a performer and one or more accompanists.
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a similar entertainment in a field other than music.
a dance recital.
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a program or concert by dance or music students to demonstrate their achievements or progress.
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an act or instance of reciting.
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a formal or public delivery of something memorized.
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a detailed statement.
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an account, narrative, or description.
He gave a recital of the things he'd been doing since we'd last seen him.
noun
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a musical performance by a soloist or soloists Compare concert
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the act of reciting or repeating something learned or prepared
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an account, narration, or description
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a detailed statement of facts, figures, etc
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(often plural) law the preliminary statement in a deed showing the reason for its existence and leading up to and explaining the operative part
Related Words
See narrative.
Other Word Forms
- nonrecital noun
- prerecital noun
- recitalist noun
Etymology
Origin of recital
Example Sentences
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Later this year, a new performing arts center will open at Crossroads, and the recital hall will be called The Mary Ann.
From Los Angeles Times
When she goes to the dance recitals, it’s clear that she can’t dance and we always ask her, “Do you know the dance?”
From Los Angeles Times
Every Sunday Betsie would scour the papers, British, French, and German as well as our own, since the radio brought in stations from all over Europe, and plan the week’s program of concerts and recitals.
From Literature
As a child, she was shuttled from school to dance recitals by her mother, while her motorsport-loving father took her brother to the local race circuit.
From BBC
Sometime when Jessica was in the sixth grade, she and her mother had gone to a place called World of Dance or Dance World to pick up tickets for a recital Jessica was in.
From Literature
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