English Explanatory Dictionary

encore

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A brief extra performance, done after the main performance is complete.
  2. A call or demand (as by continued applause) for a repeat performance.
intj
  1. Please perform again!
verb
  1. To call for an extra performance or repetition of, or by.
  2. To call for an encore.
  3. To perform an encore.

Pronunciation

/ˈɒŋkɔː/ /ˈɒ̃kɔː/ /ˈɑnkoɹ/ /ˈɑŋkoɹ/ en-us-encore.ogg

Word forms

encore encores encore! encoring encored

Etymology

Borrowed from French encore (“more, again”), and once used in this sense.

Derived words

unencored
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