All 4 Uses of
recital
in
Great Expectations
- Anyhow, Mr. Wopsle's Roman nose so aggravated me, during the recital of my misdemeanours, that I should have liked to pull it until he howled.†
p. 27.8 *recital = performance
- But, all I had endured up to this time was nothing in comparison with the awful feelings that took possession of me when the pause was broken which ensued upon my sister's recital, and in which pause everybody had looked at me (as I felt painfully conscious) with indignation and abhorrence.†
p. 27.9
- I had been doing this, in an excess of attention to his recital.†
p. 189.1
- The accuracy of these recitals was sufficiently obvious to me, to give me great confidence in Joe's information.†
p. 496.7recitals = performances
Definitions:
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(1)
(recital) a performance such as music, dance, or a poetry readingA music recital is usually done solo or with a single accompanist. A dance recital may include many dancers.
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus:
Much more rarely, recital can be used in the sense of something that was recited (said aloud), or said in detail. In law, recital has a specialized meaning that references introductory or preliminary information giving the reasons for what follows.