Definition of "rehearsal" []

• The act of practicing in preparation for a public performance. (noun)
• A session of practice for a performance, as of a play. (noun)
• A detailed enumeration or repetition: a long rehearsal of his woes. (noun)

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• "As the rehearsal is about to begin the play is unexpectedly interrupted by the arrival of six strange people."
• "MARSHALL: Well, certainly, with some type of homicides, the perpetrator has what we call rehearsal fantasies ahead of time, and so he plans -- he plans where he ` s going to dump the body."
• "Everyone liked it in rehearsal, but we hadn't been prepared for how well it would work in a live liturgical setting."