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rehearsal

rehearsal

6 4.1
Repeating information silently or aloud to keep it in memory for a short time
  • noun
  • /rɪˈhɜːrsəl/
  • Specialized
translation icon : repaso
  • Short-term tasks can be incorporated into rehearsals at any level.
  • subvocal rehearsal
  • mental rehearsal
  • verbal rehearsal

So now I'm harnessing practice, rehearsal, mental rehearsal.

Examples

  • This whole last year has been nothing but a rehearsal for today's main event.

    Freerunner (2011)

  • To get things in long term memory, rehearsal is usually not enough.

  • I love Max, but tomorrow morning I want to be in a warm bed with you... not in a... cold rehearsal studio with him.

    Unfaithfully Yours (1984)

  • I remember thinking about this day in the rehearsal.

    Justin Bieber's Believe (2013)

  • What authority do you have to stop my rehearsal?

    The Lost City (2005)

  • All these techniques make our rehearsals more enjoyable and lead to optimal performance.

    Academic text (2015)

  • The better the quality of rehearsal, however, the better coded it will become for long-term memory.

    Academic text (1993)

  • Most ensemble directors and studio instructors include a warm-up session in each rehearsal or lesson.

    Academic text (2002)

  • The phonological loop consists of a phonological store and a subvocal rehearsal mechanism.

    Academic text (2012)

  • Teachers often encourage students to perform a verbal rehearsal of key concepts before an exam.

Synonyms

repetition
vsrehearsal
44 2.0

Doing or saying something again

aims to keep information in short-term memory by practising it mentally or aloud
recitation
vsrehearsal
9 5.3

Saying something memorized out loud as a performance

focuses on keeping information in short-term memory through private practice

Compounds

dress rehearsal
  • Specialized
20 3.3

A full practice of a play in costume before opening night

How Repetitive

practice
585 1.6
rehearsal
  • Specialized
6 4.1
repetition
44 2.0
to review
106 1.8

Surface Forms

rehearsal singular
rehearsals plural

Morphology

rehearsal = rehearse (transparent) = rehearse + al

Formed by adding '-al' to the verb 'rehearse' to denote the process or instance of rehearsing; the cognitive sense is an extension but remains derivable.

Etymology

Rehearsal comes from the verb rehearse, with re- 'again' and a root meaning 'to go over', so it simply means 'repeat' or 'practice'. In psychology a rehearsal is the act of repeating information in your mind or out loud to keep it in your memory.