rehearsal

B2 Topic:People & Society
US /ɹɪˈhɝsl̩/ UK /ɹɪˈhɜːsl̩/
noun Freq #4534

Meanings

  1. 1
    noun

    A practice session to prepare for a public performance such as a play or concert.

    I was cut from the cast after I missed too many rehearsals.

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Synonyms
1 noun · a practice session to... dry run
Word family
Forms rehearsals
Derived forms nonrehearsalprerehearsal

Etymology

From Middle English rehercel, rehersail, rehersall, from rehersen and apparently partly Middle French rehercel. By surface analysis, rehearse + -al.

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