Recitation - English meaning

noun

A report or description of an event or experience.

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A detailed account of what has been achieved

verb

Consider or regard in a specified way.

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Her visit could not be accounted a success

noun

Money kept in a bank or other organization that you can add to or take back

verb

Utter or deliver words in a rhetorical or impassioned way, as if to an audience.

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She declaimed her views

verb

Present participle of declaim

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[ + speech ] "the end of the world is at hand!" the poster declaimed., she declaimed against the ev…

noun

The action or art of declaiming.

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Shakespearean declamation

noun

A strong statement or an occasion when you express something with a lot of feeling

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He subjected us to half an hour of impassioned declamation against the new airport runway., declama…

noun

The action of delivering letters, parcels, or goods.

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Allow up to 28 days for delivery

noun

The act of taking goods, letters, or packages to people's houses or places of work

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[ c ] the company gets two deliveries a day., [ u ] you can pay for the rug on delivery (= when it …

noun

The act of taking goods, letters, parcels, etc. to a place

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Please allow 14 days for delivery., mail/parcel/postal delivery, a delivery driver/truck/van, on de…

noun

A spoken or written account of a person, object, or event.

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People who had seen him were able to give a description

noun

A statement or a piece of writing that tells what something or someone is like

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[ c ] your description of della was hilarious., [ u ] boats of every description (= of all types) e…

noun

A spoken or written account of connected events; a story.

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A gripping narrative

adjective

In the form of or concerned with narration.

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A narrative poem

noun

A story or a description of events

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The novel is a wonderful narrative of wartime adventure.

noun

An act of presenting a play, concert, or other form of entertainment.

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Don giovanni had its first performance in 1787

noun

The act of doing something, such as your job

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If the accident happened during the performance of his regular duties, he’s covered by disability i…

noun

How successful an investment, company, etc. is and how much profit it makes

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The fund's past performance does not necessarily indicate how it will perform in the future., good/…

noun

An act or instance of summarizing and restating the main points of something.

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His recapitulation of the argument

noun

Formal for recap

noun

A performance of a programme of music by a soloist or small group.

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I gave my first recital at the royal college

noun

A practice or trial performance of a play or other work for later public performance.

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Rehearsals for the opera season

noun

A time when all the people involved in a play, dance, etc. practise in order to prepare for a performance

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They didn't have time for (a) rehearsal before the performance., he's a producer with three plays i…

noun

A performance of a piece of music or drama.

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A lively rendering of ‘ilkley moor’

verb

Provide or give (a service, help, etc.).

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Money serves as a reward for services rendered

noun

A performance or interpretation, especially of a dramatic role or piece of music.

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A wonderful rendition of ‘nessun dorma’

noun

A particular way in which music is performed or a drawing or painting is produced or appears

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New renditions of old beatles tunes

noun

An account of imaginary or real people and events told for entertainment.

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An adventure story

noun

Variant spelling of storey.

noun

A part of a building comprising all the rooms that are on the same level.

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A three-storey building

noun

A fictitious or true narrative or story, especially one that is imaginatively recounted.

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A delightful children's tale