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encore.

A brief extra performance, done after the main performance is complete.

6 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈɒŋkɔː/UK/ˈɒ̃kɔː/UK/ˈɑnkoɹ/US/ˈɑŋkoɹ/US
  1. A brief extra performance, done after the main performance is complete.

    To play an encore.
    Can I get an encore? We want more!
  2. A call or demand (as by continued applause) for a repeat performance.

    The encores were numerous.
Where this word comes from

Borrowed from French encore (“more, again”), and once used in this sense.

intj/ˈɒŋkɔː/UK/ˈɒ̃kɔː/UK/ˈɑnkoɹ/US/ˈɑŋkoɹ/US
  1. Please perform again!

Where this word comes from

Borrowed from French encore (“more, again”), and once used in this sense.

verb/ˈɒŋkɔː/UK/ˈɒ̃kɔː/UK/ˈɑnkoɹ/US/ˈɑŋkoɹ/US
  1. To call for an extra performance or repetition of, or by.

    transitive
    to encore a performer
    to encore a song
  2. To call for an encore.

    intransitive
  3. To perform an encore.

    intransitive
Where this word comes from

Borrowed from French encore (“more, again”), and once used in this sense.

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