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ENCORE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does encore mean?
• ENCORE (noun)
The noun ENCORE has 1 sense:
1. an extra or repeated performance; usually given in response to audience demand
Familiarity information: ENCORE used as a noun is very rare.
• ENCORE (verb)
The verb ENCORE has 1 sense:
1. request an encore, from a performer
Familiarity information: ENCORE used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
An extra or repeated performance; usually given in response to audience demand
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("encore" is a kind of...):
performance (the act of presenting a play or a piece of music or other entertainment)
Derivation:
encore (request an encore, from a performer)
| Conjugation: |
... he / she / it encores Past simple: encored
Past participle: encored
-ing form: encoring
Sense 1
Meaning:
Request an encore, from a performer
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Hypernyms (to "encore" is one way to...):
ask for; bespeak; call for; quest; request (express the need or desire for)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s somebody
Derivation:
encore (an extra or repeated performance; usually given in response to audience demand)
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