rehearsal
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rehearsal
- /ɹɪˈhɝsl̩/ US
- /ɹɪˈhɜːsl̩/ UK
Rhymes with -ɜː(ɹ)səl
Where it comes from
From Middle English rehercel, rehersail, rehersall, from rehersen and apparently partly Middle French rehercel. By surface analysis, rehearse + -al.
noun rehearsals
- 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. 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 follow
- A preparatory activity analogous to a rehearsal (sense 1). The forest fires are just a rehearsal for the devastation that will be caused if climate change continues to worsen.
- The act of rehearsing or contriving something; the fact of something's being rehearsed. The prosecution argued that the defendant's exact repetition of his account of the events several times demonstrated the rehearsal of his story.
Opposite: nonrehearsal
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: dry run, run through, run-through, reading, essay, replication, replicate, rerun, duplicative, duplication, duplicate, explanation, trial, repeatability, test, repetitive
noun
Opposite: nonrehearsal
Translations
Every language
noun practicing of performance to test or improve it
| Español | ensayo, emprimado, ensaye |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 리허설 riheoseol, 예행연습 yehaeng'yeonseup, 예행 yehaeng |
| 日本語 | リハーサル rihāsaru, リハ riha, 予行演習 yokō enshū, 予行 yokō |
| 中文 | 排練 /排练 páiliàn, 預演 /预演 yùyǎn |
| Português | ensaio |
| Français | répétition |
| Deutsch | Probe, Übstunde |
| Italiano | prova |
| Ελληνικά | άσκηση áskisi, δοκιμή dokimí, εξάσκηση exáskisi, πρόβα próva |
| Română | repetiție |
| Русский | репети́ция repetícija |
| العربية | بَرُوفَة barūfa |
| עברית | חֲזָרָה khazará, תִּרְגּוּל |
Talk about this word "rehearsal." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/rehearsal. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. rehearsal. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/rehearsal "rehearsal." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/rehearsal.Cite this
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title = {rehearsal},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/rehearsal},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
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