reprise
reprise · reprises · reprised · reprising
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To repeat or resume an action or a roleTo repeat or resume an action or a role.
/ɹɪˈpɹiːz/
» Tom Jackson reprised his role in the sequel to his breakthrough movie.
DJ_Saidez · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRMeaning
3 sensesTo repeat or resume an action or a role.
The aging actress played the role she played in her youth, as if to reprise it.
повторя́тьpovtorjátʹ
(obsolete, transitive)To take (something) up or on again.
(obsolete)To recompense; to pay.
More definitions
- repeat an earlier theme of a composition
Examples
2 sentencesTom Jackson reprised his role in the sequel to his breakthrough movie.
His reprise of "All Along the Watchtower" in homage to Jimi Hendrix left fans unsatisfied.
Translations
2 languagesРусский
By meaning 1
to repeat or resume an action:
Origin
From Middle English reprise (noun) and reprisen (verb), from Old French reprise, from reprFrom Middle English reprise (noun) and reprisen (verb), from Old French reprise, from reprendre. In some senses borrowed anew from Modern French reprise.
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Forms
reprises, reprising, reprised, reprisedSynonyms
5 synonymsrepeat an action:repeatA1
recompense:compensateB2
Close in meaning
- repeat an earlier theme of a composition:reprizerepeatrecapitulate
Word family
4 related wordsDerivedreprisable
Lessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle