Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

rehearse

/ɹɪˈhɝs/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.94 in modern English

Syllables: re-hearse
IPA: /ɹɪˈhɝs/

11

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To repeat, as what has been already said; to tell over again; to recite.

Transitive verb

verb

To narrate; to relate; to tell; to recount.

Transitive verb

verb

To practise by recitation or repetition in private for experiment and improvement, prior to a public representation, especially in theater.

verb

To cause to rehearse; to instruct by rehearsal.

Transitive verb

verb

To contrive and carefully prepare (a story, etc.) to offer consistency.

Example Sentences

"There’s no need to rehearse the same old argument; we’ve heard it before, and we all agree."
"The witness rehearsed the events of the night before for the listening detectives."
"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."
"In sober mornings, do not thou reherse / The holy incantation of a verse ..."
"I ſuppoſe vve ſhall hardly Rehearſe the Comedy this Morning; for the Author vvas Arreſted as he vvas going home from King's Coffee-houſe; and, as I heard, it vvas for upvvards of Four Pound: I ſuppoſe he vvill hardly get Bail."

Etymology

From Middle English rehersen, from Anglo-Norman reherser (“to repeat word-for-word”).

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: rehersen, reherser

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ɹɪˈhɝs/
British English: [ɹɪˈhɜːs]

Usage

Transitive verb

Inflected Forms

rehearses (present, singular) rehearsing (participle, present) rehearsed (participle, past) rehearsed (past)

Derived Forms

misrehearse rehearsable rehearsal rehearsed rehearser

Synonyms

practise practice

Rhymes With

worse nurse reverse diverse verse curse purse adverse inverse disperse transverse perverse

Questions

How do you pronounce rehearse?: The recorded pronunciation is /ɹɪˈhɝs/.
What does rehearse mean?: To repeat, as what has been already said; to tell over again; to recite.
Where does rehearse come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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