reprise
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- noun
- /rɪˈpriːz/
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repetición
- The director added a reprise to the script to remind the audience of the protagonist's earlier struggles.
And then finally we get sort of a reprise of this when Wagner is returning home.
- And then finally we get sort of a reprise of this when Wagner is returning home.
Examples
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The orchestra played a beautiful reprise of the main theme at the end of the concert.
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One song, one encore, one reprise.
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Get her into that for the reprise.
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And then, in a reprise of his performance in Beijing, he went out the wrong door.
Blog text (22) -
And then finally we get sort of a reprise of this when Wagner is returning home.
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The women cheer, and a disco song starts as Troy does a reprise of his act.
Fiction book (1999) -
Upstairs, on the dance floor, a reprise of the Mamushka has begun.
Fiction book (1991) -
And here we're gonna have a reprise of the scene where he's at Maggie's door and I love the symmetry of that.
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What can be pieced together are the resonances and reprises of later generations.
Academic text (1996) -
In the final scene, the play featured a reprise of the lead character's most memorable song.
Synonyms
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A part of a song repeated after each verse
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A section near the end where earlier themes come back
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Etymology
Reprise comes from old French words that mean 'take again': re- 'again' and prise 'take', the same prise you see in surprise. So a reprise is a 'taking again' of a musical or dramatic part, meaning a short section is repeated in the show.