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🎤 An extra performance 🙌 To request more
to encore

to encore

1 6.3
To call for someone on stage to play or sing again after a show
  • verb
  • /ˈɒŋkɔːr/
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  • The crowd called out for the band to encore their favorite song after the show.

Examples

  • After the final song, the audience shouted for an encore, eager to hear more.

  • If the act was encored, it could do a second number.

    Fiction book (1990)

  • Attends, encore un chiffre !

    Out of the Furnace (2013)

  • J'ai encore des migraines.

    Ida Red (2021)

  • When the singer finished her set, the audience clapped and cheered for an encore.

Synonyms

to repeat
vsto encore
∞ 1.0

To do or say something again

is specifically an audience request to perform again at a show's end
to reprise
vsto encore
14 7.6

To perform a song or part again

is called for by the audience at the end of a show

Antonyms

to end
∞ 1.0

To stop something or make it finish

to dismiss
110 2.7

To tell people to leave a meeting or room

Surface Forms

encore infinitive
encored past
encored past participle
encoring present participle
encores third person singular

Etymology

Encore comes from the French word encore, which means 'again' or 'one more time'. To encore a performer is to call for them to play 'again', so the verb keeps the same 'again' idea.