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REPRISE

Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

IPA (US): 

 Dictionary entry overview: What does reprise mean? 

REPRISE (verb)
  The verb REPRISE has 1 sense:

1. repeat an earlier theme of a compositionplay

  Familiarity information: REPRISE used as a verb is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


REPRISE (verb)

 Conjugation: 
Present simple: I / you / we / they reprise  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation ... he / she / it reprises  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
Past simple: reprised  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
Past participle: reprised  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
-ing form: reprising  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation


Sense 1

Meaning:

Repeat an earlier theme of a composition

Classified under:

Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing

Synonyms:

recapitulate; repeat; reprise; reprize

Hypernyms (to "reprise" is one way to...):

play; spiel (replay (as a melody))

Domain category:

music (musical activity (singing or whistling etc.))

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something


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