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How to pronounce rehearsal in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms dry run
Type of drill, practice session, exercise, practice, recitation
Has types run-through, walk-through, dress rehearsal
Derivation rehearse


he missed too many rehearsals.
a rehearsal will be held the day before the wedding.
Type Words
Type of practice session, practice, drill, recitation, exercise

Examples of rehearsal

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So we just brought all the gear out to the rehearsal room and recorded it there.
From the upi.com
Both the Philharmonic and the Pacific Chorale sounded in need of more rehearsal.
From the latimes.com
The reception was catered by The St. Regis, the rehearsal dinner by Blue Ribbon.
From the edition.cnn.com
The final dress rehearsal at St Paul's Cathedral is firmly imprinted in my mind.
From the telegraph.co.uk
Trial testimony indicated the men had been at rehearsal the day of the slayings.
From the chron.com
Jones supervised a rehearsal of the presentation at the White House on Thursday.
From the washingtonpost.com
It doesn't leave much time for rehearsal, but in Nollywood, everyone improvises.
From the charlotteobserver.com
Not one missed a stage-orchestra or piano-dress rehearsal, unless they were ill.
From the orlandosentinel.com
In the rehearsal room, it takes a split second for an actor to make an entrance.
From the nytimes.com
More examples
  • 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"
  • (psychology) a form of practice; repetition of information (silently or aloud) in order to keep it in short-term memory
  • (rehearse) engage in a rehearsal (of)
  • A rehearsal is a preparatory event in music and theatre (and in other contexts) that is performed before the official public performance, as a form of practice, and to ensure that all details of the performance are adequately prepared and coordinated for professional presentation.
  • The Rehearsal (Gr. I Dokimi)is a 1974 film produced by Jules Dassin that is a cinemagraphic indictment of the Greek junta of 1967-1974.
  • The Rehearsal is the debut novel by Eleanor Catton. It was released by Victoria University Press in New Zealand in 2008. The Rehearsal was later bought by Granta Books in the UK and released there in July 2009.
  • The Rehearsal was a satirical play aimed specifically at John Dryden and generally at the sententious and overly ambitious theater of the Restoration tragedy. The play was staged in 1671 and published anonymously in 1672, but it is certainly by George Villiers, 2nd Duke of Buckingham and others. ...
  • The practicing 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
  • (rehearse) To repeat, as what has been already said; to tell over again; to recite; To narrate; to relate; to tell; To practice by recitation or repetition in private for experiment and improvement, prior to a public representation; as, to rehearse a tragedy; To cause to rehearse; to instruct by ...