Encore
/ˈɑnkoɹ/ intj, noun, verb
intj, noun, verb ·Moderate ·College level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A brief extra performance, done after the main performance is complete.
"To play an encore."
- 2 an extra or repeated performance; usually given in response to audience demand wordnet
- 3 A call or demand (as by continued applause) for a repeat performance.
"The encores were numerous."
Verb
- 1 To call for an extra performance or repetition of, or by. transitive
"to encore a performer"
- 2 request an encore, from a performer wordnet
- 3 To call for an encore. intransitive
- 4 To perform an encore. intransitive
"In youth we encore the sentiment, 'Oh, bless my country, Heaven! he said, and died:' but, as we advance in life, we think, 'How weak it is to pity Cato's case, Who might have lived, and had a handsome place!'"
Intj
- 1 Please perform again!
Antonyms
All antonymsExample
More examples"Everyone called out to the singer for an encore."
Etymology
Borrowed from French encore (“more, again”), and once used in this sense.