English Explanatory Dictionary

rehearsal

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The practising of something which is to be performed before an audience, usually to test or improve the interaction between several participating people, or to allow technical adjustments with respect to staging to be done.
  2. A preparatory activity analogous to a rehearsal (sense 1).
  3. The act of rehearsing or contriving something; the fact of something's being rehearsed.

Pronunciation

/ɹɪˈhɝsl̩/ /ɹɪˈhɜːsl̩/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-rehearsal.wav

Word forms

rehearsal rehearsals

Etymology

From Middle English rehercel, rehersail, rehersall, from rehersen and apparently partly Middle French rehercel. By surface analysis, rehearse + -al.

Derived words

camera rehearsal dress rehearsal Italian rehearsal nonrehearsal parental rehearsal prerehearsal rehearsal dinner technical rehearsal
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