encore

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   an extra or repeated performance given after the scheduled program, usually in response to applause

   The actor prepared a comic speech to use as an encore.

2. 2
   noun

   a call or demand from an audience for an additional performance

   The audience's encore grew louder until the singer returned.

3. 3
   verb

   to call for or request an additional performance from a performer

   The crowd encored the pianist twice.

4. 4
   intj

   used by an audience to request another performance

   Encore! the spectators shouted as the curtain fell.

Borrowed from French encore, 'again' or 'more.' English audiences adopted the cry to request another performance, and it then became a noun and verb for the additional item and the request itself.

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