rehearse
/ɹɪˈhɝs/ verb B2- To repeat, as what has been already said; to tell over again; to recite. · There’s no need to rehearse the same old argument; we’ve heard it before, and we all agree.
- To narrate; to relate; to tell; to recount. · The witness rehearsed the events of the night before for the listening detectives.
- To practise by recitation or repetition in private for experiment and improvement, prior to a public representation, especially in theater. · The main actors spent on average two hours a day rehearsing before the first night.· The lawyer advised her client to rehearse her testimony before the trial date.
- To cause to rehearse; to instruct by rehearsal.
- To contrive and carefully prepare (a story, etc.) to offer consistency. · The Crown argued that the accused had rehearsed her story.
He/she/it rehearses · Past rehearsed · Past participle rehearsed · -ing form rehearsing
Verb forms
- Base form
- rehearse
- He/she/it
- rehearses
- Past
- rehearsed
- Past participle
- rehearsed
- -ing form
- rehearsing
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