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Rehearsal
Definitions
- 1 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. countable, uncountable
"After modifications had been effected by the builders, a rehearsal of electric operation was held on September 17. A complete day's timetable was run through and apparently all went well, except for insulator trouble with the overhead wires near Anniesland; a further rehearsal was held on the following Sunday."
- 2 (psychology) a form of practice; repetition of information (silently or aloud) in order to keep it in short-term memory wordnet
- 3 A preparatory activity analogous to a rehearsal (sense 1). countable, uncountable
"The forest fires are just a rehearsal for the devastation that will be caused if climate change continues to worsen."
- 4 a practice session in preparation for a public performance (as of a play or speech or concert) wordnet
- 5 The act of rehearsing or contriving something; the fact of something's being rehearsed. countable, uncountable
"The prosecution argued that the defendant's exact repetition of his account of the events several times demonstrated the rehearsal of his story."
Etymology
From Middle English rehercel, rehersail, rehersall, from rehersen and apparently partly Middle French rehercel. By surface analysis, rehearse + -al.
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