rehearsal

B2 Topic:Theater & Performance

US /ɹɪˈhɝsl̩/ UK /ɹɪˈhɜːsl̩/ See IPA manual

Freq #4534

Meanings

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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

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Phrases (1)

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dress rehearsal
a complete practice performance using the costumes intended for the show

Noun + noun

Proverbs (1)

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A bad dress rehearsal means a good performance

Etymology

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

rehercel Middle English

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Topics

Theater & Performance Actions & Processes

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