dress rehearsal
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3.3
- noun
- /drɛs rɪˈhɜːrsəl/
- Specialized
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ensayo general
- YSU students perform during dress rehearsal on Tuesday in preparation for the opening weekend of "RENT."
- dress rehearsal and performance
There were some technical difficulties, but it was an excellent dress rehearsal for tomorrow's actual debate now.
- There were some technical difficulties, but it was an excellent dress rehearsal for tomorrow's actual debate now.
- How was your Nativity dress rehearsal?
- Then Saturday you get in there early, you do like a full run through of the show in wigs and costumes, and then you do dress rehearsal and then live show.
- And Mick Jagger was playing Steven Tyler, and he turns to me in dress rehearsal and goes, this is so stupid, man.
- This is just a dry run dress rehearsal.
- And then we did another like dress rehearsal.
- Like when we did the rehearsal board, I think like the dress rehearsal.
Examples
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We got a dress rehearsal coming up.
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All of the writers were on the set for the dress rehearsal.
Fiction book (1999) -
This is her first dress rehearsal since the changes have been made.
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So, today we're gonna have a full dress rehearsal.
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This is the last dress rehearsal, so let's get it right.
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I have a dress rehearsal tomorrow and a concert on Friday.
Fiction book (1992) -
The dress rehearsal came off beautifully, everybody was excited about it.
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Also, the university ensemble had to be present at the dress rehearsal for the combined pieces.
Academic text (2009) -
Tickets for dress rehearsals of operatic performances are often available to schoolchildren through the local opera society.
Academic text (2005) -
Tonight, we will have a dress rehearsal for the play, ensuring everyone knows their lines and cues.
Synonyms
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3.0
A practice session for a play, concert, or other performance
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4.1
A practice session before an event to check for problems
How Ready
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a full rehearsal in costume' follows directly from combining 'dress' (clothing/costume) with 'rehearsal' (a practice session); the first noun specifies the type of rehearsal, so the sense is compositional and literal. This construction is easily inferable by a B1 learner who knows both words (and the concept exists cross-linguistically, even if expressed with different terms), so it is transparently understandable.
Etymology
Dress rehearsal comes from the theater: it is a full practice where actors wear their full dress, that is their costumes, and act the whole show as if it were the real performance. So, a dress rehearsal means a 'final' full practice before the first public show.