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a rehearsal of a play or other performance in costume and with scenery, properties, and lights arranged and operated as for a performance: often the final rehearsal.[1820-30]
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Dress Rehearsal — may refer to:*Dress rehearsal, a practice of an artistic work just prior to its first public performance *Dress Rehearsal (UK TV), a BBC television special starring Eric Sykes * Dress Rehearsal , a series of Canadian television specials which… … Wikipedia
dress rehearsal — dress rehearsals 1) N COUNT The dress rehearsal of a play, opera, or show is the final rehearsal before it is performed, in which the performers wear their costumes and the lights and scenery are all used as they will be in the performance. 2) N… … English dictionary
Dress rehearsal — Rehearsal Re*hears al (r?*h?rs a), n. The act of rehearsing; recital; narration; repetition; specifically, a private recital, performance, or season of practice, in preparation for a public exhibition or exercise. Chaucer. [1913 Webster] In… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
dress rehearsal — ► NOUN ▪ a final rehearsal in which everything is done as it would be in a real performance … English terms dictionary
dress rehearsal — n. a final rehearsal, as of a play or ceremony, performed exactly as it is to take place … English World dictionary
dress rehearsal — noun a full uninterrupted rehearsal in costumes shortly before the first performance • Hypernyms: ↑rehearsal, ↑dry run * * * noun, pl ⋯ als [count] : the final practice of a play that is done with all the costumes, scenery, etc., that will be… … Useful english dictionary
dress rehearsal — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms dress rehearsal : singular dress rehearsal plural dress rehearsals 1) theatre an occasion when performers practise their full performance in exactly the same way as it will be performed for an audience 2) an… … English dictionary
dress rehearsal — the last rehearsal before the performance, dry run All actors must come to the dress rehearsal our last practice … English idioms
Dress Rehearsal (album) — Dress Rehearsal Studio album by Carolyn Dawn Johnson Released May 4, 2004 … Wikipedia
dress-rehearsal — dressˈ rehearsˈal noun A full rehearsal in costume with everything as for the performance (also figurative) • • • Main Entry: ↑dress … Useful english dictionary
dress rehearsal — dress′ rehears′al n. sbz a rehearsal of a play, etc., using costumes, scenery, properties, and lights as for a performance • Etymology: 1820–30 … From formal English to slang
