recital
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4.8
- noun
- /rɪˈsaɪtəl/
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relato
- The court reasoned that any mention of the manufacturer's name was merely a recital of the content of the Act, and found Congress showed no intent to punish.
- recital of facts
Examples
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Witness will please confine herself to the recital of facts.
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In Native storytelling, the listener and storyteller benefit from the recital of the story, time and again.
Academic text (2004) -
Maybe you could come by the church one Sunday... - give us a recital.
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The opinions recital of facts suggests that Smith initially used birth control as agreed and only later changed her mind.
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I, too, was bothered by the recital of her struggle to get published prior to making an apology.
Blog text (21) -
The teacher asked the students to provide a detailed recital of the events leading up to the accident.
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During the meeting, the scientist presented a recital of the research findings from the past year.
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The witness's recital of the incident was detailed and helped the police understand what happened.
Synonyms
336
3.9
A story that describes connected events
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3.4
Telling a story or describing events
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3.8
An account of events told in detail
Antonyms
How Detailed
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Recital comes from Latin recitare 'to read aloud' and it is the same root as recite. So a recital can mean a careful 'reading out' of facts or events, which is why it can be a long spoken or written account.