encore.
A brief extra performance, done after the main performance is complete.
Meaning & usage
A brief extra performance, done after the main performance is complete.
To play an encore.
Can I get an encore? We want more!
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.
Please perform again!
Where this word comes from
Borrowed from French encore (“more, again”), and once used in this sense.
To call for an extra performance or repetition of, or by.
to encore a performer
to encore a song
To call for an encore.
To perform an encore.
Where this word comes from
Borrowed from French encore (“more, again”), and once used in this sense.
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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.