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Definition of encore noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

encore

noun
 
/ˈɒŋkɔː(r)/
 
/ˈɑːnkɔːr/
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  1. an extra short performance given at the end of a concert or other performance; a request for this made by an audience calling out
    • She played a Chopin waltz as an encore.
    • The group got three encores.
    Extra Examples
    • He took several encores before the crowd finally began to leave.
    • The audience called for an encore.
    • The singer gave four encores.
    • You'll never get an encore if you perform like that!
    Topics Musicc2
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverb + encore
    • do
    • give
    • play
    phrases
    • as an encore
    • for an encore
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    Word Originearly 18th cent.: French, literally ‘still, again’.
See encore in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

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