dress rehearsal
Americannoun
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dress rehearsals
plural
noun
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the last complete rehearsal of a play or other work, using costumes, scenery, lighting, etc, as for the first night
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any full-scale practice
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Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of dress rehearsal
First recorded in 1820–30
Example Sentences
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Questions about balance sheets and cash flow felt far away inside the opera house this week at a dress rehearsal of "Bardo."
From Barron's ● Oct. 18, 2026
The third season opens with the sound of Weaver breathing deeply in a dress rehearsal for her solo in a DCC stage show.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 28, 2026
He told everyone it was a pleasure to be there as a dress rehearsal for testifying before Congress.
From Salon ● Jun. 12, 2026
But Qatar was largely a dress rehearsal for this summer, when the World Cup will return to the U.S. for the first time in 32 years.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 7, 2026
They weren’t the final, final books, but Jack had said these advance copies would be like a dress rehearsal before the official performance.
From "Book Scavenger" by Jennifer Chambliss Bertman
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