English noun: recital |
1. | recital (communication) the act of giving an account describing incidents or a course of events |
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| Samples | His narration was hesitant.
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| Synonyms | narration, yarn |
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| Broader (hypernym) | account, report |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | recounting, relation, telling |
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| Part holonym | body, close, closing, conclusion, end, ending, introduction |
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2. | recital (communication) performance of music or dance especially by soloists |
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| Broader (hypernym) | performance, public presentation |
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3. | recital (communication) a public instance of reciting or repeating (from memory) something prepared in advance |
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| Samples | The program included songs and recitations of well-loved poems.
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| Synonyms | reading, recitation |
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| Broader (hypernym) | oral presentation, public speaking, speaking, speechmaking |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | declamation |
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4. | recital (communication) a detailed statement giving facts and figures |
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| Samples | His wife gave a recital of his infidelities.
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| Broader (hypernym) | statement |
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5. | recital (communication) a detailed account or description of something |
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| Samples | He was forced to listen to a recital of his many shortcomings.
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| Broader (hypernym) | account, chronicle, history, story |
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