encore

encore
/ahng"kawr, -kohr, ahn"-/, interj., n., v., encored, encoring.
1. again; once more (used by an audience in calling for an additional number or piece).
n.
2. a demand, as by applause, for a repetition of a song, act, etc., or for a performance of a number or piece additional to those on a program, or for a reappearance by the performers, as at the end of a concert, recital, etc.
3. the performance or reappearance in response to such a demand: He chose a Chopin nocturne for his encore.
4. any repeated or additional performance or appearance, as a rerun of a telecast or a rematch in sports.
v.t.
5. to call for a repetition of.
6. to call for an encore from (a performer).
[1705-15; < F: still, yet, besides < L hinc ha hora or hinc ad horam until this hour]

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  • Encore — Студийный альбом Эминема Дата выпуска …   Википедия

  • encore — ENCORE. adv. de temps, qui s emploie pour le passé, pour le présent, et pour l avenir. Il régnoit encore il y a vingt ans. Elle vit encore. Il vivra encore dans vingt ans. Il n est pas encore jour, encore nuit. Il n est pas encore venu. Il n est… …   Dictionnaire de l'Académie Française 1798

  • encore — ENCORE. adverbe de temps. Jusques à cette heure, jusques à present. Il n est pas encore jour, encore nuit. il n est pas encore venu. il n est pas encore en âge. il est encore au lit. il n est pas mort, il respire encore. il n est pas encore temps …   Dictionnaire de l'Académie française

  • encore — Encore, Semble qu il vienne de Incoram. qua dictione vtitur Apuleius lib. 7. et 10. quasi In conspectu, In promptu, et prae manibus, Denuo, Etiamnum. Rien encore, Nihil dum. Nous n avions encore rien ouy, Nihil dum audieramus. On n a point encore …   Thresor de la langue françoyse

  • Encore — (franz. und engl. Zugabe) steht für: ein nicht im Programmheft angegebenes Musikstück, siehe Zugabe ein Musikalbum des Rappers Eminem, siehe Encore (Album) ein DVD Authoring Programm, siehe Adobe Encore ein Notensatzprogramm, siehe Encore… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • encore — (interj.) 1712, from Fr. encore still, yet, again (12c.), generally explained as being from V.L. phrase *hinc ad horam from then to this hour (It. ancora again, still, yet is said to be a French loan word). Whenever any Gentlemen are particularly …   Etymology dictionary

  • Encore — En core , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Encored}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Encoring}.] To call for a repetition or reappearance of; as, to encore a song or a singer. [1913 Webster] [Rebecca] insisted upon encoring one of the duets. Thackeray. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • encore — ► NOUN ▪ a repeated or additional performance of an item at the end of a concert, as called for by an audience. ► EXCLAMATION ▪ again! (as called by an audience at the end of a concert) ► VERB ▪ call for (an encore). ORIGIN French, still, again …   English terms dictionary

  • encore — [än′kôr΄; ] also, esp.for interj. [, än kôr′] interj. [Fr, again, still < OFr ancor, prob. < L ( hinc) hac hora (from that time) to the present hour] again; once more: in English, used by an audience to demand a repetition or an additional… …   English World dictionary

  • Encore — En core , adv. or interj. [F. The last part of the word is fr. L. hora hour. See {Hour}.] Once more; again; used by the auditors and spectators of plays, concerts, and other entertainments, to call for a repetition of a particular part. [1913… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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