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re·cit·al

 (rĭ-sīt′l)
n.
1. The act of reading or reciting in a public performance.
2. A very detailed account or report of something; a narration.
3. A public performance of music or dance, especially by a solo performer.

re·ci′tal·ist n.
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recital

(rɪˈsaɪtəl)
n
1. (Classical Music) a musical performance by a soloist or soloists. Compare concert1
2. the act of reciting or repeating something learned or prepared
3. an account, narration, or description
4. a detailed statement of facts, figures, etc
5. (Law) (often plural) law the preliminary statement in a deed showing the reason for its existence and leading up to and explaining the operative part
reˈcitalist n
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re•cit•al

(rɪˈsaɪt l)

n.
1. a musical or dance entertainment given by one or more performers.
2. a presentation by dance or music students to demonstrate their progress.
3. an act or instance of reciting, esp. from memory.
4. a detailed statement: a recital of grievances.
5. an account, narrative, or description.
[1505–15]
re•cit′al•ist, n.
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.recital - the act of giving an account describing incidents or a course of eventsrecital - the act of giving an account describing incidents or a course of events; "his narration was hesitant"
body - the central message of a communication; "the body of the message was short"
introduction - the first section of a communication
close, closing, ending, conclusion, end - the last section of a communication; "in conclusion I want to say..."
report, account - the act of informing by verbal report; "he heard reports that they were causing trouble"; "by all accounts they were a happy couple"
recounting, telling, relation - an act of narration; "he was the hero according to his own relation"; "his endless recounting of the incident eventually became unbearable"
2.recital - performance of music or dance especially by soloists
performance, public presentation - a dramatic or musical entertainment; "they listened to ten different performances"; "the play ran for 100 performances"; "the frequent performances of the symphony testify to its popularity"
3.recital - a public instance of reciting or repeating (from memory) something prepared in advance; "the program included songs and recitations of well-loved poems"
oral presentation, public speaking, speechmaking, speaking - delivering an address to a public audience; "people came to see the candidates and hear the speechmaking"
declamation - recitation of a speech from memory with studied gestures and intonation as an exercise in elocution or rhetoric
4.recital - a detailed statement giving facts and figures; "his wife gave a recital of his infidelities"
statement - a message that is stated or declared; a communication (oral or written) setting forth particulars or facts etc; "according to his statement he was in London on that day"
5.recital - a detailed account or description of something; "he was forced to listen to a recital of his many shortcomings"
account, chronicle, history, story - a record or narrative description of past events; "a history of France"; "he gave an inaccurate account of the plot to kill the president"; "the story of exposure to lead"
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recital

noun
1. performance, rendering, rehearsal, reading a solo recital
2. account, telling, story, detailing, statement, relation, tale, description, narrative, narration, enumeration, recapitulation It was a depressing recital of childhood abuse.
3. recitation, rendering, repetition, reading aloud, declaiming The album features a recital of 13th century Latin prayers.
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تِلاوَه، إلْقاء، سَرْدحَفْلَة عَزْف مُنْفَرِد
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recital

[rɪˈsaɪtl] N (Mus) → recital m; (= story) → relato m
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recital

[rɪˈsaɪtəl] nrécital m
an organ recital → un récital d'orgue
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recital

n
(of music, poetry)Vortrag m; (= piano recital etc)Konzert nt; song recitalMatinee f, → Liederabend m
(= account)Schilderung f; (of details)Aufführung f, → Aufzählung f
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recital

[rɪˈsaɪtl] n (Mus) → recital m inv; (of poetry) → recita; (account) → resoconto
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recite

(rəˈsait) verb
to repeat aloud from memory. to recite a poem.recitar
reˈcital noun
1. a public performance (of music or songs) usually by one person or a small number of people. a recital of Schubert's songs.recital
2. the act of reciting. recitación
ˌreciˈtation (resi-) noun
1. a poem etc which is recited. a recitation from Shakespeare.recitación
2. the act of reciting. recitación, recitado
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He drew the listening savages round him by his nervous eloquence; taunted them with recitals of past wrongs and insults; drew glowing pictures of triumphs and trophies within their reach; recounted tales of daring and romantic enterprise, of secret marchings, covert lurkings, midnight surprisals, sackings, burnings, plunderings, scalpings; together with the triumphant return, and the feasting and rejoicing of the victors.
But he had no time to continue with this train of thought, for Lawson poured out a frank recital of his affair with Ruth Chalice.
"Well, what do you make of it?" I asked Rouletabille, after he had ended his recital. "Personally I am utterly in the dark.
Wopsle's Roman nose so aggravated me, during the recital of my misdemeanours, that I should have liked to pull it until he howled.
This had become thoroughly her attitude by the time that, in my recital of the events of the night, I reached the point of what Miles had said to me when, after seeing him, at such a monstrous hour, almost on the very spot where he happened now to be, I had gone down to bring him in; choosing then, at the window, with a concentrated need of not alarming the house, rather that method than a signal more resonant.
So far each recital confirmed the other; but when she came to the will, the difference was great.
The bridegroom, who during this recital had grown deadly pale, up and tried to escape, but the guests seized him and held him fast.
Hartmann to the traveller's father, relate that, according to the recital of a felatah of Bornou, Vogel was merely held as a prisoner at Wara.
All these wonders and magical effects which the chronicler has heaped up, or rather embalmed, in his recital, at the risk of rivaling the brain-born scenes of romancers; these splendors whereby night seemed vanquished and nature corrected, together with every delight and luxury combined for the satisfaction of all the senses, as well as the imagination, Fouquet did in real truth offer to his sovereign in that enchanting retreat of which no monarch could at that time boast of possessing an equal.
Oh beloved, what laughter there arose at the recital! How those scoundrels mocked and derided you and myself!
She saw shrewdly that the world is quickly bored by the recital of misfortune, and willingly avoids the sight of distress.