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 Definitions of understudy  [ˈʌn dərˌstʌd i]  

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Definition of 'understudy' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) understudy
a performer who learns the role of another in order to serve as a replacement if necessary.

2. (v.t.) understudy
to learn (a role) in order to replace the regular performer when necessary.

3.  understudy
to act as understudy to (a performer):
to understudy the lead.

4. (v.i.) understudy
to act or work as an understudy.

Etymology:  (1870–75)

Definition of 'understudy' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (verb) understudy, standby
an actor able to replace a regular performer when required

2. (verb) understudy, alternate
be an understudy or alternate for a role


Definition of 'understudy' Webster Dictionary 

1. (noun) understudy
one who studies another's part with a view to assuming it in an emergency

2.  understudy
to study, as another actor's part, in order to be his substitute in an emergency; to study another actor's part


Translation of 'understudy' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: to study (a part in a play, opera etc) so as to be able to take the place of (another actor, singer etc).

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: plaasvervang, dubbelspeel Arabic flag Arabic: مُمَثِّل بَديل Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: дублирам
Brazilian flag Brazilian: substituir Czech flag Czech: nastudovat jako náhradník German flag German: eine Rolle etc. als Ersat
Danish flag Danish: lære en rolle som dublean Greek flag Greek: προετοιμάζομαι ως πιθανός Spanish flag Spanish: doblar, aprender un papel
Estonian flag Estonian: dublantrolliõppima Farsi flag Farsi: به عنوان بازیگر علی البدل Finnish flag Finnish: harjoitella sijaisroolia
French flag French: doubler Hebrew flag Hebrew: לְשַׁמֵש כְּמַחֲלִיף Hindi flag Hindi: नाटक इत्यादि का अध्ययन ता
Croatian flag Croatian: zamjenik glavnog glumca Hungarian flag Hungarian: helyettesítésre betanul ( Indonesian flag Indonesian: belajar menggantikan
Icelandic flag Icelandic: læra hlutverk sem varalei Italian flag Italian: (imparare la parte come s Japanese flag Japanese: 代役のけいこをする
Korean flag Korean: 대역을 맡다 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: dubliuoti Latvian flag Latvian: dublēt
Malay flag Malay: menjadi pelakon ganti Dutch flag Dutch: als doublure instuderen Norwegian flag Norwegian: lære en rolle som reserve
Polish flag Polish: opanować (np. rolę) celem Persian flag Persian: به عنوان بازیگر علی البدل Pashto flag Pashto: (تياتر) دناسوب اكتور (ممث
Portuguese flag Portuguese: servir de substituto a Romanian flag Romanian: a dubla Russian flag Russian: дублировать
Slovak flag Slovak: naštudovať rolu ako náhra Slovenian flag Slovenian: naučiti se vloge kot dvoj Serbian flag Serbian: zameniti
Swedish flag Swedish: lära in en roll för att k Thai flag Thai: ศึกษาบทแทน Turkish flag Turkish: aktörün/aktrisin yerini a
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 當替角 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: дублювати; заміщати Urdu flag Urdu: دوسرے کا پارٹ ادا کرنے کے
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: học để làm người đóng tha Chinese flag Chinese: 学当替角,练习做临时演员

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