Word Frequency
encore (ˈɒŋkɔː
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Definitions
exclamation
- again; once more: used by an audience to demand an extra or repeated performance
noun
- an extra or repeated performance given in response to enthusiastic demand
verb
- tr to demand an extra or repeated performance of (a work, piece of music, etc) by (a performer)
Word Origin
C18: from French: still, again, perhaps from Latin in hanc hōram until this hourTranslations for 'encore'
- British English: encore An encore is a short extra performance at the end of a longer one, which an entertainer gives because the audience asks for it. NOUNThe band were forced to play three encores because the adoring crowd wouldn't let them leave.
- Brazilian Portuguese: bis
- Chinese: 返场加演节目返场場加演节節目
- European Spanish: bis
- French: bis
- German: Zugabe
- Italian: bis ()
- Japanese: アンコール
- Korean: 앙코르
- Portuguese: bis
- Spanish: bis
Example Sentences Including 'encore'
And he did joke with a rubber mask of U. S. President George W. Bush during the encore.Toronto Sun (2003)
And though their New York fans cheered, the Strokes did not play an encore.Globe and Mail (2003)
At the final encore , the audience rose to its feet, cheering, clapping.CHAMELEON (2002)
By the time they drag themselves back for a fourth encore , even the partisan crowd seems visibly drained of enthusiasm.Glasgow Herald (2001)
Dylan was joined by the White Stripes at the Detroit State Theater during the final encore.NME (New Musical Express) (2004)
For the encore they wheeled out two huge Christmas trees for Christmas Time (Don't Let The Bells End).Sun, News of the World (2004)
In fact, it was so nice that when we finished I decided on an encore.SOMEBODY (2002)
The scene was the Los Angeles Pavilion, the occasion was a recent holiday symphony, and I, too, called for an encore.Diamonds in the Dust
`Our first picnic was so wonderful I thought we'd have an encore.SOMEBODY (2002)
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