rehearse
verb/rɪˈhɜːs/
/rɪˈhɜːrs/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they rehearse | /rɪˈhɜːs/ /rɪˈhɜːrs/ |
| he / she / it rehearses | /rɪˈhɜːsɪz/ /rɪˈhɜːrsɪz/ |
| past simple rehearsed | /rɪˈhɜːst/ /rɪˈhɜːrst/ |
| past participle rehearsed | /rɪˈhɜːst/ /rɪˈhɜːrst/ |
| -ing form rehearsing | /rɪˈhɜːsɪŋ/ /rɪˈhɜːrsɪŋ/ |
- [intransitive, transitive] to practise or make people practise a play, piece of music, etc. in preparation for a public performance
- rehearse (for something) We were given only two weeks to rehearse.
- We're rehearsing for the show.
- rehearse something/somebody Today, we'll just be rehearsing the final scene.
- The actors were poorly rehearsed.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- carefully
- mentally
- for
- well rehearsed
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- [transitive] to prepare in your mind or practise privately what you are going to do or say to somebody
- rehearse something She walked along rehearsing her excuse for being late.
- He had his speech well rehearsed.
- rehearse what, how, etc… She mentally rehearsed what she would say to Jeff.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- carefully
- mentally
- for
- well rehearsed
- [transitive] rehearse something (formal, usually disapproving) to repeat ideas or opinions that have often been expressed beforeTopics Opinion and argumentc2
Word OriginMiddle English (in the sense ‘repeat aloud’): from Old French rehercier, perhaps from re- ‘again’ + hercer ‘to harrow’, from herse ‘harrow’ (see hearse).
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