RECITAL

recital

(noun) performance of music or dance especially by soloists

narration, recital, yarn

(noun) the act of giving an account describing incidents or a course of events; “his narration was hesitant”

recital

(noun) a detailed account or description of something; “he was forced to listen to a recital of his many shortcomings”

recital

(noun) a detailed statement giving facts and figures; “his wife gave a recital of his infidelities”

recitation, recital, reading

(noun) a public instance of reciting or repeating (from memory) something prepared in advance; “the program included songs and recitations of well-loved poems”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

recital (countable and uncountable, plural recitals)

The act of reciting (the repetition of something that has been memorized); rehearsal

The act of telling the order of events of something in detail the order of events; narration.

That which is recited; a story, narration, account.

A vocal, instrumental or visual performance by a soloist.

(legal) A formal, preliminary statement in a deed or writing in order to explain the reasons on which the transaction is founded, prior to a positive allegation.

Anagrams

• article, clairet, lacerti

Source: Wiktionary


Re*cit"al, n. Etym: [From Recite.]

1. The act of reciting; the repetition of the words of another, or of a document; rehearsal; as, the recital of testimony.

2. A telling in detail and due order of the particulars of anything, as of a law, an adventure, or a series of events; narration. Addison.

3. That which is recited; a story; a narration.

4. (Mus.)

Definition: A vocal or instrumental performance by one person; -- distinguished from concert; as, a song recital; an organ, piano, or violin recital.

5. (Law)

Definition: The formal statement, or setting forth, of some matter of fact in any deed or writing in order to explain the reasons on which the transaction is founded; the statement of matter in pleading introductory to some positive allegation. Burn.

Syn.

– Account; rehearsal; recitation; narration; description; explanation; enumeration; detail; narrative. See Account.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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