Definitions for understudyˈʌn dərˌstʌd i

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

un•der•stud•yˈʌn dərˌstʌd i(n.)(pl.)-stud•ies

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

    Category: Showbiz

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

    Category: Showbiz

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

    to understudy the lead.

    Category: Showbiz

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

    Category: Common Vocabulary, Showbiz

Origin of understudy:

1870–75

Princeton's WordNet

  1. understudy, standby(verb)

    an actor able to replace a regular performer when required

  2. understudy, alternate(verb)

    be an understudy or alternate for a role

Wiktionary

  1. understudy(Noun)

    a performer who understudies; a standby

  2. understudy(Verb)

    to study or know a role to such an extent as to be able to replace the normal performer when required

  3. understudy(Verb)

    to act as an understudy (to someone)

Webster Dictionary

  1. Understudy(u)

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

  2. Understudy(noun)

    one who studies another's part with a view to assuming it in an emergency


Translations for understudy

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

understudy(noun)

a person who understudies

He was ill, so his understudy had to take the part.

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