Definitions for rehearse
rɪˈhɜrsre·hearse

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. rehearse, practise, practiceverb

   engage in a rehearsal (of)

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. rehearseverb

   To repeat, as what has been already said; to tell over again; to recite.

   There's no need to rehearse the same old argument; we've heard it before, and we all agree.

2. rehearseverb

   To narrate; to relate; to tell.

   The witness rehearsed the events of the night before for the listening detectives.

3. rehearseverb

   To practice by recitation or repetition in private for experiment and improvement, prior to a public representation; as, to rehearse a tragedy.

   The lawyer advised her client to rehearse her testimony before the trial date.

4. rehearseverb

   To cause to rehearse; to instruct by rehearsal.

   The director rehearsed the cast incessantly in the days leading up to opening night, and as a result they were tired and cranky when it arrived.

5. Etymology: From rehersen, from reherser.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. To Rehearseverb

   Etymology: from rehear. Skinner.

   1. To repeat; to recite.

   Rehearse not unto another that which is told. Ecclus.

   Of modest poets be thou just,
   To silent shades repeat thy verse,
   ’Till same and echo almost burst,
   Yet hardly dare one line rehearse. Jonathan Swift.

   2. To relate; to tell.

   Great master of the muse! inspir’d
   The pedigree of nature to rehearse,
   And sound the maker’s work in equal verse. Dryden.

   3. To recite previously to publick exhibition.

   All Rome is pleased, when Statius will rehearse. Dryden.

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1. rehearse

   To rehearse means to practice or train for a performance, activity, or event. It involves going through the details, sequences, or procedures to ensure fluency, accuracy, and perfection. This could apply to various contexts such as music, theater, speech, dance, or even preparing for a presentation or specific situation.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Rehearseverb

   to repeat, as what has been already said; to tell over again; to recite

2. Rehearseverb

   to narrate; to relate; to tell

3. Rehearseverb

   to recite or repeat in private for experiment and improvement, before a public representation; as, to rehearse a tragedy

4. Rehearseverb

   to cause to rehearse; to instruct by rehearsal

5. Rehearseverb

   to recite or repeat something for practice

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of rehearse in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of rehearse in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of rehearse in a Sentence

1. Hugh Jackman:

   This is a time we've never known. We're in our fourth preview, we're all just sort of learning so swings and understudies have not had a chance to learn, they watch from the corner of a room while we rehearse, while we get to practice over and over again. They just get to watch and write notes and then five hours before performance they're told,' You're on by the way, you've got a wig fitting, go !'.

2. Matt Paul:

   They will have to rehearse with 10 people. They have to understand they are going to be physically very close to each other.

3. Ricky Gervais:

   When I do The Graham Norton Show, I'm going to say what I want. I don't have to rehearse. And they say that's fine... I do have to tell a lawyer about The Graham Norton Show just before I go on.

4. Ani Difranco, Letter to a John:

   We barely have time to react in this world, let alone rehearse.

5. Michael Zinberg:

   The background of stand-up is when I sit down on Monday for a reading and there’s a great line, I want to do it that night, i do n’t want to wait until Friday. I was afraid we ’d over-rehearse it and it would lose that immediacy … We ’d read the script and I ’d say to Writer Michael Zinberg, ‘ I know where I can put that and that, ’ so I really have to learn are these three pages. Actors are famous for that. Brando did it. We tried an ear piece, but it was read by an assistant director, and he was totally emotionless. There was no spark in his voice so it did n’t work.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=rehearse
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Rehearse
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=rehearse
4. ^ ChatGPT
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5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rehearse