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rehearsal definition

re·hearsal (ri hʉr′səl)

noun

  1. the act of rehearsing, reciting, or recounting a rehearsal of her troubles
  2. a drilling or repeating for practice before future performance
    1. a practice performance of a play, concert, etc., or of part of it, in preparation for a public or formal performance
    2. any practice, exercise, or drill; trial

Etymology: ME rehersaille: see rehearse & -al

rehearsal Idioms

in rehearsal

being rehearsed, as a play

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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