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