encore
/ˈɑnkoɹ/ verb C2- To call for an extra performance or repetition of, or by. · to encore a performer· to encore a song
- To call for an encore.
- To perform an encore.
He/she/it encores · Past encored · Past participle encored · -ing form encoring
Verb forms
- Base form
- encore
- He/she/it
- encores
- Past
- encored
- Past participle
- encored
- -ing form
- encoring
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“They won’t dream of encoring me,” scoffed Anne, who was not without her own secret hopes that they would, and already visioned herself telling Matthew all about it at the next morning’s breakfast table.
I felt prouder than you did when it was encored.
“What will you recite if they encore you?”
There, they’re encoring you--they’re bound to have you back!”
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