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rehearsal

[ ri-hur-suhl ]

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noun

a session of exercise, drill, or practice, usually private, in preparation for a public performance, ceremony, etc.:
a play rehearsal; a wedding rehearsal.
the act of rehearsing.
a repeating or relating:
a rehearsal of grievances.

rehearsal

/ rɪˈhɜːsəl /

a session of practising a play, concert, speech etc, in preparation for public performance
the act of going through or recounting; recital
rehearsal of his own virtues was his usual occupation
in rehearsal
being prepared for public performance

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First recorded in 1350–1400, rehearsal is from the Middle English word rehersaille. See rehearse, -al ²

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Prince may have pranced around like a carefree libertine onstage, but in rehearsal he was more drill sergeant than sprite.

In this clip, a teenage Minaj gets heated and throws a phone in a play rehearsal during her tenure at LaGuardia High School.

One, from a short preview of her rehearsal performance, is that Williams certainly boasts the vocal chops to do the part justice.

And he speaks about the perks of the two months of rehearsal with the full cast.

When we did it in the dress rehearsal one of the music cues was late and we both flubbed a rap line.

The steady use of the organ for an hour-and-a-half's choir rehearsal would exhaust the batteries.

Preparations for the first dress rehearsal of The Spring Road went on apace.

Mr. Monterey, the local manager, came himself to the dress rehearsal.

The following morning the rehearsal of The Spring Road went with a snap and vim that delighted everybody.

At an orchestral rehearsal, held specially for him, he conducted his new Don Quixote Fantasia.

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