rehearsal
noun
1 rehearsal
A practice session in preparation for a public performance (as of a play or speech or concert):
— He missed too many rehearsals.
— A rehearsal will be held the day before the wedding.
synonym: dry run.
Roget 673:
preparation;
providing
etc.
v.;
provision,
providence;
anticipation
etc.
(foresight)
510;
precaution,
preconcertation†,
predisposition;
forecast
etc.
(plan)
626;
rehearsal,
note of preparation.
[Putting in order]
arrangement
etc.
60;
clearance;
adjustment
etc.
23;
tuning;
equipment,
outfit,
accouterment,
armament,
array.
ripening
etc.
v.;
maturation,
evolution;
elaboration,
concoction,
digestion;
gestation,
batching,
incubation,
sitting.
groundwork,
first stone,
cradle,
stepping-stone;
foundation,
scaffold
etc.
(support)
215;
scaffolding,
echafaudage [Fr.].
[Preparation of men]
training
etc.
(education)
537;
inurement
etc.
(habit)
613;
novitiate;
cooking
[Preparation of food],
cookery;
brewing,
culinary art;
tilling,
plowing,
[Preparation of the soil],
sowing;
semination†,
cultivation.
[State of being prepared]
preparedness,
readiness,
ripeness,
mellowness;
maturity;
un impromptu fait a loisir [Fr.].
[Preparer]
preparer,
trainer;
pioneer,
trailblazer;
avant-courrier [Fr.],
avant-coureur [Fr.];
voortrekker [Afrik.];
sappers and miners,
pavior†,
navvy†;
packer,
stevedore;
warming pan.
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Roget 104:
repetition,
iteration,
reiteration,
harping,
recurrence,
succession,
run;
battology,
tautology;
monotony,
tautophony;
rhythm
etc.
138;
diffuseness,
pleonasm,
redundancy.
chimes,
repetend,
echo,
ritornello†,
burden of a song,
refrain;
rehearsal;
rechauffe [Fr.],
rifacimento [It],
recapitulation.
cuckoo
etc.
(imitation)
19;
reverberation
etc.
408;
drumming
etc.
(roll)
407;
renewal
etc.
(restoration)
660.
twice-told tale;
old story,
old song;
second edition,
new edition;
reappearance,
reproduction,
recursion [Comp.];
periodicity
etc.
138.
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Roget 594:
description,
account,
statement,
report;
expose
etc.
(disclosure)
529;
specification,
particulars;
state of facts,
summary of facts;
brief
etc.
(abstract)
596;
return
etc.
(record)
551;
catalogue raisonne [Fr.]
etc.
(list)
86;
guidebook
etc.
(information)
527.
delineation
etc.
(representation)
554;
sketch;
monograph;
minute account,
detailed particular account,
circumstantial account,
graphic account;
narration,
recital,
rehearsal,
relation.
historiography†,
chronography†;
historic Muse,
Clio;
history;
biography,
autobiography;
necrology,
obituary.
narrative,
history;
memoir,
memorials;
annals
etc.
(chronicle)
551;
saga;
tradition,
legend,
story,
tale,
historiette†;
personal narrative,
journal,
life,
adventures,
fortunes,
experiences,
confessions;
anecdote,
ana†,
trait.
work of fiction,
novel,
romance,
Minerva press;
fairy tale,
nursery tale;
fable,
parable,
apologue†;
dime novel,
penny dreadful,
shilling shocker relator
etc.
v.;
raconteur,
historian
etc.
(recorder)
553;
biographer,
fabulist†,
novelist.
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Dutch: repetitie
Polish: prĂ³ba
2 rehearsal
psychology A form of practice; repetition of information (silently or aloud) in order to keep it in short-term memory.
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