to rehearse
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3.5
- verb
- /rɪˈhɜrs/
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- The cast will rehearse the play every evening before the opening night.
- rehearse and perform
- rehearse a piece
- rehearse the music
These people rehearsed a dance for us.
- These people rehearsed a dance for us.
- And the location that we were rehearsing in didn't have AC.
- He's on his feet rehearsing like full Paddy.
- They'll take the time and they'll mentally rehearse the the the action.
- And when your mind rehearses something, here's what's cool about your brain.
- The first time we rehearsed, it already sounded fantastic.
- We're like and we're trying to rehearse still.
- And I guess we could have rehearsed a little before.
- So we got Sir and we start rehearsing.
- You have to really begin to mentally rehearse.
Examples
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Mr. O always lets us rehearse here.
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We need them to rehearse!
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I need someone to rehearse with until he gets better.
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Okay, I should probably rehearse this.
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Do you have to rehearse this early in the morning?
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We'll come back to rehearse later.
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We can rehearse in private if you like.
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The morning groups combine to rehearse for their performance, and the afternoon groups do the same.
Academic text (1999) -
When students get together to rehearse, they learn to cooperate in the context of a forthcoming concert.
Academic text (2001) -
Before modeling, the models may need to discuss and rehearse what they're going to say to make it clear.
Academic text (2001)
Synonyms
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1.0
To do something again and again to become better at it
Practice a song or scene again to make it better before a show
Antonyms
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Etymology
Rehearse has the prefix re- meaning 'again' and comes from an old root that meant 'to tell or go over', like in repeat. So to rehearse is to go over a play, speech, or piece of music 'again' to get it ready for performance.