Meaning

5 senses
  1. (transitive)To repeat, as what has been already said; to tell over again; to recite.

    There’s no need to rehearse the same old argument; we’ve heard it before, and we all agree.

    wiederholen

    твердитьtverditʹ

  2. (transitive)To narrate; to relate; to tell; to recount.

    The witness rehearsed the events of the night before for the listening detectives.

    erzählen

    излагатьizlagatʹ

  3. (ambitransitive)To practise by recitation or repetition in private for experiment and improvement, prior to a public representation, especially in theater.

    The main actors spent on average two hours a day rehearsing before the first night.

    The lawyer advised her client to rehearse her testimony before the trial date.

    üben, proben

    репети́роватьrepetírovatʹ

    репети́руватиrepetýruvaty

  4. (transitive)To cause to rehearse; to instruct by rehearsal.

    The director rehearsed the cast incessantly in the days leading up to opening night, and as a result they were tired and cranky when it arrived.

    репети́роватьrepetírovatʹ

    engage in a rehearsal (of)

  5. To contrive and carefully prepare (a story, etc.) to offer consistency.

    The Crown argued that the accused had rehearsed her story.

Examples

57 sentences
  1. What are they rehearsing?

    Що вони репетирують?

    ruЧто они репетируют?

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  2. I have to rehearse.

    Я мушу репетирувати.

    ruЯ должен репетировать.

    deIch muss proben.

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  3. Tom said we should rehearse more.

    deTom sagte, wir sollten noch mehr proben.

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  4. I really wish we'd rehearsed longer.

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  5. Tom was rehearsing alone on stage.

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Translations

8 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
practice by repetition or recitation:
Русский
By meaning 3
repeat what has already been said:
narrate or tell:
practice by repetition or recitation:
Deutsch
By meaning 3
repeat what has already been said:
narrate or tell:
practice by repetition or recitation:

Origin

From Middle English rehersen, from Anglo-Norman reherser (“to repeat word-for-word”).

From Middle English rehersen, from Anglo-Norman reherser (“to repeat word-for-word”).

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Forms

rehearses, rehearsing, rehearsed, rehearsed
Base formrehearse · to rehearse
3rd person singularrehearses
Present participlerehearsing
Past simplerehearsed
Past participlerehearsed

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyrehearse
he, she, itrehearses

Past simpleLesson

all personsrehearsed

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave rehearsed
he, she, ithas rehearsed

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill rehearse

Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

5 related words

See also

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