rehearsal
pronunciation
How to pronounce rehearsal in British English:
UK [rɪˈhɜːsl]
How to pronounce rehearsal in American English:
US [rɪˈhɜːrsl]
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- Noun:
- a practice session in preparation for a public performance (as of a play or speech or concert)
- (psychology) a form of practice; repetition of information (silently or aloud) in order to keep it in short-term memory
Word Origin
- rehearsal (n.)
- late 14c., "restatement, repetition of the words of another," from rehearse + -al (2), or from Old French rehearsal "a repeating." Sense in theater and music, "act of rehearsing," is from 1570s. Pre-wedding rehearsal dinner attested by 1953.
Example
- 1. Some have become carpet warehouses , restaurants or rehearsal venues .
- 2. Music laws at least one mobile phone will ring during a rehearsal or concert .
- 3. Usually that requires testing and rehearsal , but we didn 't have a ton of money .
- 4. At one rehearsal , safari hung during steve 's demo - unable to load any content .
- 5. As time pressure mounted , jackson was sick and unable to perform at a june 19 rehearsal .