Rehearsal
[rɪ'hɜːs(ə)l] or [rɪ'hɝsl]
Definition
(noun.) (psychology) a form of practice; repetition of information (silently or aloud) in order to keep it in short-term memory.
(noun.) a practice session in preparation for a public performance (as of a play or speech or concert); 'he missed too many rehearsals'; 'a rehearsal will be held the day before the wedding'.
Typed by Claire--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) The act of rehearsing; recital; narration; repetition; specifically, a private recital, performance, or season of practice, in preparation for a public exhibition or exercise.
Editor: Mervin
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Repetition, recital.[2]. Narration, narrative, statement, account, story, history.
Checked by Conan
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Repetition, recital, narrative,[See ACCOUNT], ~_\it.\
Edited by Babbage
Definition
n. act of rehearsing: recital: recital and performance for practice previous to public representation.—v.t. Rehearse′ to repeat what has already been said: to narrate: to recite before a public representation.—ns. Rehear′ser; Rehear′sing.
Typist: Shelley
Examples
- Or why had not she rather gone to her own room, as she had felt to be safest, instead of attending the rehearsal at all? Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- A delightful rehearsal. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- Seven o'clock, the hour of the rehearsal, came round, and in a short time Eustacia could hear voices in the fuelhouse. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- It's a mere rehearsal of Much Ado about Nothing. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- To own the truth, Sir Thomas, we were in the middle of a rehearsal when you arrived this evening. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- Your cousin came too; and we had a rehearsal. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- Impatient and apprehensive, I recommenced the rehearsal of my part merely to kill time. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- He may be able to recite, but the recital is a mechanical rehearsal. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- My indulgence shall be given, sir, replied Sir Thomas gravely, but without any other rehearsal. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- My judgment _was_ a very superficial one--such as I am capable of forming, she answered, with a prompt resentment, that needed no rehearsal. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- To think only of the licence which every rehearsal must tend to create. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- The choice of Captain Vye's fuelhouse as the scene of rehearsal was dictated by the fact that his dwelling was nearly in the centre of the heath. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- The choice, too, of the actors required knowledge and carethen came lessons in elocution, in attitude, and then the fatigue of countless rehearsals. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- Before the photographing of a scene, a long series of rehearsals takes place, the incidents being gone over and over again until the actors are letter perfect. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
Typist: Maxine