rehearsal

  • 1Rehearsal — Re*hears al (r?*h?rs a), n. The act of rehearsing; recital; narration; repetition; specifically, a private recital, performance, or season of practice, in preparation for a public exhibition or exercise. Chaucer. [1913 Webster] In rehearsal of… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 2rehearsal — [ri hʉr′səl] n. [ME rehersaille: see REHEARSE & AL] 1. the act of rehearsing, reciting, or recounting [a rehearsal of her troubles] 2. a drilling or repeating for practice before future performance 3. a) a practice performance of a play, concert …

    English World dictionary

  • 3rehearsal — late 14c., “restatement,” from REHEARSE (Cf. rehearse) + AL (Cf. al). Sense in theater and music is from 1570s. Rehearsal dinner attested by 1953 …

    Etymology dictionary

  • 4rehearsal — index discipline (training), preparation Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

    Law dictionary

  • 5rehearsal — [n] preparation for performance call, description, drill, dry run*, experiment, going over, practice, practice session, prep*, reading, readying, recital, recitation, recounting, rehearsing, relation, retelling, run through, shakedown*, test… …

    New thesaurus

  • 6rehearsal — ► NOUN 1) a trial performance of a play or other work for later public performance. 2) the action or process of rehearsing …

    English terms dictionary

  • 7rehearsal — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ dress ▪ a dress rehearsal for a Broadway play ▪ wedding ▪ I attended my friend s wedding rehearsal. ▪ band, choir …

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  • 8Rehearsal — For other uses, see Rehearsal (disambiguation) or Dress rehearsal (disambiguation) Dress rehearsal of The Mikado, 1885 A rehearsal is a preparatory event in music and theatre (and in other contexts) that is performed before the official public… …

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  • 9rehearsal — n. 1) to conduct, hold; schedule a rehearsal 2) a dress, final rehearsal 3) a rehearsal for 4) at a rehearsal (I ll see you at the dress rehearsal) * * * [rɪ hɜːs(ə)l] final rehearsal hold schedule a rehearsal a dress a rehearsal for to conduct …

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  • 10rehearsal — re|hears|al [rıˈhə:səl US ə:r ] n 1.) [U and C] a time when all the people in a play, concert etc practise before a public performance rehearsal for/of ▪ a rehearsal for Romeo and Juliet in rehearsal ▪ The dialogue was worked out by actors in… …

    Dictionary of contemporary English