rehearsal Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a practice session in preparation for a public performance (as of a play or speech or concert)
    dry run.
    • he missed too many rehearsals
    • a rehearsal will be held the day before the wedding
  2. noun (psychology) a form of practice; repetition of information (silently or aloud) in order to keep it in short-term memory

WordNet


Re*hears"al noun
Definitions
  1. 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.
    In rehearsal of our Lord's Prayer. Hooker.
    Here's marvelous convenient place for our rehearsal. Shak.

Webster 1913