Meaning

5 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)The act of reciting (the repetition of something that has been memorized); rehearsal

  2. (countable, uncountable)The act of telling the order of events of something in detail the order of events; narration.

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

  3. (countable, uncountable)That which is recited; a story, narration, account.

  4. (countable, uncountable)A vocal, instrumental or visual performance by a soloist.

    perform a piano recital

    Vortrag, Konzert, Liederabend

    сольное выступлениеsolʹnoje vystuplenije

  5. (countable, uncountable)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.

    Erwägungsgrund

Examples

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  1. Why weren't you at the recital?

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  2. I went to a piano recital.

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  3. Are you coming to my recital tomorrow?

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  4. Aren't you coming to my recital tomorrow?

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  5. Tom and I went to a piano recital.

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Translations

8 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
a vocal, instrumental or visual performance by a soloist:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
a vocal, instrumental or visual performance by a soloist:
a formal explanation of the reasons on which the transaction is founded:

Forms

plural: recitals
Singularrecital
Pluralrecitals

regular

Synonyms

4 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • the act of giving an account describing incidents or a course of events:narrationyarn
  • a public instance of reciting or repeating (from memory) something prepared in advance:recitationreading

Word family

5 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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