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verb

Definition of REHEARSE

1

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 exercise, rehearse, run over

Related Words groove, perfect, refine; point (for), prepare (for), train (with); drill, repeat; work (at or on); review, study

2

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 chart, chronicle, describe, narrate, recite, recount, rehearse, relate, report

Related Words deliver, give, reel off, state, utter, voice; detail, enumerate, itemize, particularize; bare, disclose, divulge, expose, let on (about), reveal; delineate, depict, express, render, sketch

3

to say or state again <rehearsed her story about why she was late as she walked into the meeting>

Synonyms chime, din, iterate, rehearse, reiterate

Related Words paraphrase, reword; echo, reecho; mouth, parrot; abstract, encapsulate, epitomize, outline, recap, recapitulate, summarize, sum up

4

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 detail, itemize, list, numerate, recite, reel off, rehearse, tick (off)

Related Words outline; tabulate, tally; catalog (or catalogue), inventory; chart, diagram, graph; calculate, compute, estimate, figure, reckon; cite, mention, name

Near Antonyms generalize