Prerehearsal

adj, noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    An informal rehearsal done very early in process of preparing a performance.

    "Then, later on, before we starting shooting, after we had gotten cast, everybody came in and sat around at a table and read it. We did kind of a prerehearsal, and that was very valuable to me. Because you see who you're working with."

Adjective
  1. 1
    Before a dramatic rehearsal. not-comparable

Example

More examples

"Then, later on, before we starting shooting, after we had gotten cast, everybody came in and sat around at a table and read it. We did kind of a prerehearsal, and that was very valuable to me. Because you see who you're working with."

Etymology

From pre- + rehearsal.

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