Encore
['ɒŋkɔː] or ['ɑŋkɔr]
Definition
(noun.) an extra or repeated performance; usually given in response to audience demand.
(verb.) request an encore, from a performer.
Checked by Felicia--From WordNet
Definition
(adv. / interj.) Once more; again; -- used by the auditors and spectators of plays, concerts, and other entertainments, to call for a repetition of a particular part.
(n.) A call or demand (as, by continued applause) for a repetition; as, the encores were numerous.
(v. t.) To call for a repetition or reappearance of; as, to encore a song or a singer.
Editor: Philip
Synonyms and Synonymous
ad. [Fr.] Again, once more.
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Definition
adv. again: once more.—n. a call for the repetition of a song &c.: the repetition of a song &c.—v.t. to call for a repetition of.
Editor: Mamie
Unserious Contents or Definition
A greedy theatre-goer's desire to get more than his money's worth. From the Fr. en, among, and cochon, pig,—common among pigs.
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Examples
- Au banquet de la vie à peine commencé, Un instant seulement mes lèvres ont pressé La coupe en mes mains encore pleine. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Pas encore, said Miss Ferguson. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- Mon beau voyage encore est si loin de sa fin! Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Les EXPERIENCES sur les animaux sauvages devenus domestiques, et sur les animaux domestiques redevenus sauvages, la demontrent plus clairment encore. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- It was evident he felt this device to be worth an encore; he repeated it more than once. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
Typist: Miguel