recital

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C1 — Advanced

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

noun the act of giving an account describing incidents or a course of events
noun performance of music or dance especially by soloists
noun a public instance of reciting or repeating (from memory) something prepared in advance

From recite + -al.

Mr. Pickwick’s brow darkened during the recital. — The Pickwick Papers, Charles Dickens
The lay was concluded, The gleeman's recital. — Beowulf: An Anglo-Saxon Epic Poem, Unknown
He was becoming interested in the recital. — Antony Gray,—Gardener, LM (Leslie Moore)

narration, yarn

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