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rehearse

verb
 
 
/rɪˈhɜːs/ US  /-ˈhɝːs/

Definition

C1 [I or T] to practise a play, a piece of music, etc. in order to prepare it for public performance: The musicians rehearsed (the symphony) for the concert.figurative On her way to her interview she silently rehearsed what she would say.Production, direction and recording [T] formal When someone rehearses a story or an argument, they repeat it with all the details: These are arguments that I've heard rehearsed at meetings many times before.Saying againSaying and uttering
(Definition of rehearse verb from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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