encore

Speech parts

1. encore - Noun

2. encore - Verb

3. encore - Adverb

4. encore - Interjection

Meaning

Once more; again; -- used by the auditors and spectators of plays, concerts, and other entertainments, to call for a repetition of a particular part.

A call or demand (as, by continued applause) for a repetition; as, the encores were numerous.

To call for a repetition or reappearance of; as, to encore a song or a singer.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

more again repeat repetition reprise once more bravo ditto much return congratulations bis eclat background extra
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Antonyms

boner attack question abuse flop fiasco
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Hypernyms

performance request quest bespeak call for ask for

Phrases with the word

diva's encore encore presentation give an encore

Derivatives

encored encoring

Anagrams

Cerone Creone

Examples

Actually, after the release of the Bond film, the producers came back to me to offer me another one, but I didn't have any juice left for an immediate encore. Roger Spottiswoode

I always give the encore over to chaos, so people can yell out requests and I can hack my way through a song that I don't really know anymore. Liz Phair

I think an encore is perfectly acceptable, but I find it so weird when people do two or three. Florence Welch

I quite like the drama of an encore. I think an encore is for those artists who are inclined to do dramatic gestures, and I certainly would say I am inclined towards them. Florence Welch

The rabbis paled. I'd managed to terrify holy men. Maybe I could beat up a nun for an encore. Ilona Andrews

Son intelligence rendait sa splendeur encore plus terrifiante. Amelie Nothomb

Close letter words and terms

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