rehearsal
[ ri-hur-suh l ]
/ rɪˈhɜr səl /
noun
a session of exercise, drill, or practice, usually private, in preparation for a public performance, ceremony, etc.: a play rehearsal; a wedding rehearsal.
the act of rehearsing.
a repeating or relating: a rehearsal of grievances.
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Origin of rehearsal
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rehearsal
/ (rɪˈhɜːsəl) /
noun
a session of practising a play, concert, speech etc, in preparation for public performance, the act of reciting
the act of going through or recounting; recitalrehearsal of his own virtues was his usual occupation
in rehearsal being prepared for public performance
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rehearsal
late 14c., "restatement, repetition of the words of another," from rehearse + -al (2), or from Old French rehearsal "a repeating." Sense in theater and music, "act of rehearsing," is from 1570s. Pre-wedding rehearsal dinner attested by 1953.
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rehearsal
[ rĭ-hûr′səl ]
n.
The process of repeating information, such as a name or a list of words, in order to remember it.
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