Meaning of rehearsal | Babel Free

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.
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2. Repetition of an action so as to develop or maintain one's skill:drill, exercise, practice, study, training.
3. A preparatory activity analogous to a rehearsal (sense 1).
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4. to practise (a play, piece of music etc) before performing it in front of an audience. You must rehearse the scene again. oefen, inoefen يُدَرِّب على تَمْثيل الرِّوايَه репетирам ensaiar cvičit, zkoušet proben indøve κάνω πρόβαensayar harjutama تمرین کردن harjoitella répéter לַעֲשוֹת חֲזָרָה दुहराना, अभ्यास करना održavati pokus, probu (el)próbál melatih, berlatih æfa provare, fare le prove けいこする (연극, 음악, 연설을) 연습하다 repetuoti, (pa)kartoti mēģināt (lugu u.tml.) berlatih repeterenholde prøve, øve...
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5. The act of rehearsing or contriving something; the fact of something's being rehearsed.
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6. a final rehearsal (of a play, opera etc) in which the actors or singers wear their costumes etc. kleedrepetisie تَدْريب نهائي مع الألْبِسَه генерална репетиция ensaio geral generální zkouška die Generalprobe generalprøve τελική, επίσημη πρόβα ensayo general peaproov آخرین تمرین با لباس کامل نمایش kenraaliharjoitus répétition générale חֲזָרָת תִלבּוֹשוֹת अभिनेताओं का पूरी सज्जा के साथ पूर्वाभिनय या पूर्वाभ्यास generalna proba (jelmezes) főpróba gladi bersih lokaæfing (prova generale) 本げいこ 정식 무...
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7. The act of practicing in preparation for a public performance.
8. A session of practice for a performance, as of a play.
9. A detailed enumeration or repetition: a long rehearsal of his woes.
10. a session of practising a play, concert, speech etc, in preparation for public performance
11. the act of going through or recounting; recital: rehearsal of his own virtues was his usual occupation.
12. (Theatre) in rehearsal being prepared for public performance
13. a usu. private session of exercise, drill, or practice for a public performance, ceremony, etc.

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Examples

“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.”

“The forest fires are just a rehearsal for the devastation that will be caused if climate change continues to worsen.”

“The prosecution argued that the defendant's exact repetition of his account of the events several times demonstrated the rehearsal of his story.”

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