reprise
Usually reprises. Law. an annual deduction, duty, or payment out of a manor or estate, as an annuity or the like.
Music.
a repetition.
a return to the first theme or subject.
to execute a repetition of; repeat: They reprised the elaborate dance number in the third act.
Origin of reprise
1Words that may be confused with reprise
- reprisal, reprise
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How to use reprise in a sentence
In a reprise of the dotcom boom days of 20 years ago, DoorDash’s shares had soared 86% on their first day of trading.
After a blockbuster IPO, DoorDash’s challenge now is to deliver profits | Danielle Abril | December 14, 2020 | FortuneHe reprised a joke about having vowed, “When this show stops being fun, I will retire—10 years later.”
J-Fal and the Roots reprised their classroom-instruments shtick with Robin Thicke Thursday to sing his hit, ‘Blurred Lines.’
Brian Williams Does Marky Mark, NASA’s Scary Map & More Viral Videos | The Daily Beast Video | August 3, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTPresident Obama and Senator John McCain reprised their rivalry at the health-care summit on Thursday.
British Dictionary definitions for reprise
/ (rɪˈpriːz) music /
the repeating of an earlier theme
to repeat (an earlier theme)
Origin of reprise
1Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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