rehearse
verb
re·hearse ri-ˈhərs 
rehearsed; rehearsing
transitive verb
1
a
: to say again : repeat
b
: to recite aloud in a formal manner
2
: to present an account of : relate
rehearse a familiar story
3
: to recount in order : enumerate
rehearsed their demands
4
a
: to give a rehearsal of
b
: to train or make proficient by rehearsal
5
: to perform or practice as if in a rehearsal
intransitive verb
: to engage in a rehearsal
rehearser noun
Synonyms
- exercise
- practice
- practise
- run over
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Example Sentences
The orchestra is rehearsing a piece by Schumann. The band stayed up late rehearsing for the big show. We were allowed to watch the director rehearse the dancers. lawyers rehearsing their closing arguments He rehearsed his dance moves in front of the mirror.
Recent Examples on the Web Music rehearsals resume for choir at 9 a.m., and handbells rehearse at 11:30 a.m. 
Becca Martin-brown, Arkansas Online, 10 Sep. 2022 Horses and bulls arrive around midday, and musicians get to the venue two hours later to rehearse. Griselda Flores, Billboard, 25 Aug. 2022 Viewers saw Nacho fastidiously rehearse this high-stakes sleight of hand the previous night. Dan Snierson, EW.com, 24 Aug. 2022 Gewirtz recalls the two stars routinely going off script to make cracks at one another, then refusing to meet or rehearse before live shows. Sean Neumann, Peoplemag, 17 Aug. 2022 The second episode of the series takes Fielder to Oregon, where a single, childless fortysomething named Angela signs up to rehearse the raising of a son from infancy to age eighteen. Naomi Fry, The New Yorker, 8 Aug. 2022 Bottom’s acting troupe, meanwhile, provides low comedy of the highest order, as the bickering performers rehearse their play with a heaping dose of vaudevillian slapstick. Thomas Floyd, Washington Post, 4 July 2022 The chorale hosts its sixth annual High School Honor Choir, an all-day event where about 100 high school choir students will rehearse with the master choir in a daylong workshop and then perform with the chorale in the afternoon. Sara Butler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Apr. 2022 Besides offering venues to rehearse and present plays, the residency also includes lighting and sound design support as well as marketing and development mentorship. San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 July 2022 See More
Becca Martin-brown, Arkansas Online, 10 Sep. 2022 Horses and bulls arrive around midday, and musicians get to the venue two hours later to rehearse. Griselda Flores, Billboard, 25 Aug. 2022 Viewers saw Nacho fastidiously rehearse this high-stakes sleight of hand the previous night. Dan Snierson, EW.com, 24 Aug. 2022 Gewirtz recalls the two stars routinely going off script to make cracks at one another, then refusing to meet or rehearse before live shows. Sean Neumann, Peoplemag, 17 Aug. 2022 The second episode of the series takes Fielder to Oregon, where a single, childless fortysomething named Angela signs up to rehearse the raising of a son from infancy to age eighteen. Naomi Fry, The New Yorker, 8 Aug. 2022 Bottom’s acting troupe, meanwhile, provides low comedy of the highest order, as the bickering performers rehearse their play with a heaping dose of vaudevillian slapstick. Thomas Floyd, Washington Post, 4 July 2022 The chorale hosts its sixth annual High School Honor Choir, an all-day event where about 100 high school choir students will rehearse with the master choir in a daylong workshop and then perform with the chorale in the afternoon. Sara Butler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Apr. 2022 Besides offering venues to rehearse and present plays, the residency also includes lighting and sound design support as well as marketing and development mentorship. San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 July 2022 See More Word History
Etymology
Middle English rehersen, from Anglo-French rehercer, from re- + hercer to harrow, from herce harrow — more at hearse
First Known Use
14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1b
Kids Definition
rehearse
verb
re·hearse ri-ˈhərs
rehearsed; rehearsing
: to practice in private in preparation for a public performance
We rehearsed our play.
rehearsing
verb
1
as in practicing
to do over and over so as to become skilled the orchestra rehearsed the symphony until they finally got it to the conductor's satisfaction Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- practicing
- practising
- exercising
- repeating
- refining
- running over
- drilling
- perfecting
- studying
- grooving
- reviewing
- training (with)
- preparing (for)
- pointing (for)
- working (at or on)
2
as in describing
to give an oral or written account of in some detail wrote a letter to the management rehearsing in lurid detail our terrible stay at their hotel Synonyms & Similar Words
- describing
- telling
- recounting
- narrating
- chronicling
- relating
- reciting
- reporting
- voicing
- charting
- setting forth
- depicting
- detailing
- stating
- uttering
- revealing
- disclosing
- delivering
- itemizing
- expressing
- sketching
- enumerating
- divulging
- baring
- exposing
- rendering
- giving
- particularizing
- reeling off
- delineating
- letting on (about)
3
as in repeating
to say or state again rehearsed her story about why she was late as she walked into the meeting Synonyms & Similar Words
- repeating
- reiterating
- iterating
- dinning
- summarizing
- paraphrasing
- coming again
- echoing
- chiming
- recapping
- recapitulating
- outlining
- mouthing
- rewording
- parroting
- encapsulating
- abstracting
- summing up
- reechoing
- epitomizing
4
as in reciting
to specify one after another rehearsed the list of things he wanted for his birthday so that there would be no doubt in my mind Synonyms & Similar Words
- reciting
- listing
- outlining
- detailing
- itemizing
- enumerating
- mentioning
- numerating
- cataloging
- figuring
- tabulating
- inventorying
- ticking (off)
- calculating
- reeling off
- estimating
- tallying
- citing
- charting
- cataloguing
- computing
- graphing
- diagraming
- diagramming
- naming
- reckoning
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- generalizing