rehearsal

Meaning

1. (countable, uncountable) The practising of something which is to be performed before an audience, usually to test or improve the interaction between several participating people, or to allow technical adjustments with respect to staging to be done.
2. (countable, uncountable) A preparatory activity analogous to a rehearsal (sense 1).
3. (countable, uncountable) The act of rehearsing or contriving something; the fact of something's being rehearsed.

Synonyms

exercise

practice

drill

dry run

repetition

trial

try

recital

training

review

tryout

try-out

practise

assay

preparation

experiment

test

essay

preparatory reading

lesson study

trial performance

testing and passing

attempt

check

example

fitting

grooming

litany

noviciate

prob

proof

recitation

rehearse

retelling

run-through

sampler

task

telling over

practice session

Translations

Probe

ensayo

répétition

prova

δοκιμή

πρόβα

ensaio

essai

assaig

Wiederholung

Versuch

Generalprobe

Vorbereitung

Theaterprobe

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ɹɪˈhɝsl̩/

Etymology

From Middle English rehercel, rehersail, rehersall, from rehersen and apparently partly Middle French rehercel. By surface analysis, rehearse + -al.