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recital

PRIMARY MEANINGS OF: recital

1
 n
a public instance of reciting or repeating (from memory) something prepared in advance
2
 n
a detailed statement giving facts and figures
FULL DEFINITIONS OF: recital
1

n a public instance of reciting or repeating (from memory) something prepared in advance

Synonyms:
reading, recitation
Types:
declamation
recitation of a speech from memory with studied gestures and intonation as an exercise in elocution or rhetoric
Type of:
oral presentation, public speaking, speaking, speechmaking
delivering an address to a public audience

n performance of music or dance especially by soloists

Type of:
performance, public presentation
a dramatic or musical entertainment
2

n a detailed statement giving facts and figures

“his wife gave a recital of his infidelities”
Type of:
statement
a message that is stated or declared; a communication (oral or written) setting forth particulars or facts etc

n a detailed account or description of something

“he was forced to listen to a recital of his many shortcomings”
Type of:
account, chronicle, history, story
a record or narrative description of past events

n the act of giving an account describing incidents or a course of events

Synonyms:
narration, yarn
Types:
recounting, relation, telling
an act of narration
Type of:
account, report
the act of informing by verbal report
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