rehearsal
The practising of something which is to be performed before an audience, usually to…The practising of something which is to be performed before an audience, usually to test or improve the interaction between several participating people, or to allow technical adjustments with respect to staging to be done.
» Rehearsals are going well.
Репетиції йдуть добре.
Meaning
3 senses(countable, uncountable)The practising of something which is to be performed before an audience, usually to test or improve the interaction between several participating people, or to allow technical adjustments with respect to staging to be done.
Probe, Übstunde
репети́цияrepetícija
репети́ціяrepetýcija
(countable, uncountable)A preparatory activity analogous to a rehearsal (sense 1).
The forest fires are just a rehearsal for the devastation that will be caused if climate change continues to worsen.
(countable, uncountable)The act of rehearsing or contriving something; the fact of something's being rehearsed.
The prosecution argued that the defendant's exact repetition of his account of the events several times demonstrated the rehearsal of his story.
- (psychology) a form of practice; repetition of information (silently or aloud) in order to keep it in short-term memory
- a practice session in preparation for a public performance (as of a play or speech or concert)
Examples
70 sentencesRehearsals are going well.
Репетиції йдуть добре. — Ahha
I came straight here from rehearsal.
ruС репетиции я приехал прямо сюда. — odexed
deIch bin nach der Probe sofort hierhergekommen. — alik_farber
How did the wedding rehearsal go?
We have a dress rehearsal tomorrow.
That's why we have dress rehearsals.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English rehercel, rehersail, rehersall, from rehersen and apparently partly MiFrom Middle English rehercel, rehersail, rehersall, from rehersen and apparently partly Middle French rehercel. By surface analysis, rehearse + -al.
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Forms
plural: rehearsals| Singular | rehearsal |
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Synonyms
1 synonyms- a practice session in preparation for a public performance (as of a play or speech or concert):dry run
Antonyms
1 antonymsWord family
3 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable