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Definitions

rehearse

[ri-hurs] / rɪˈhɜrs /
VERB
prepare for performance
Synonyms
STRONGEST
go over go through hone recite reenact warm up work out
STRONG
act depict describe drill experiment iterate narrate practice ready recapitulate recount reiterate relate repeat review study tell test train
WEAK
do over dry run hold a reading learn one's part run lines run through take from the top try out tune up walk through
Antonyms
STRONG
cease conceal confuse forget halt hide ignore mix up neglect stop take back
WEAK
go cold turkey

Example Sentences

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I won’t rehearse the arguments made here three months ago and alluded to again last week.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 27, 2026

“I grab instruments a lot, but now I had to learn all these songs and rehearse them,” Webb says.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 18, 2025

Hosting asks you to orchestrate, rehearse and curate.

From Salon • Dec. 2, 2025

"There wasn't any heating, the presenters had maybe two weeks to rehearse," he explained.

From BBC • Nov. 28, 2025

There is no need to rehearse the pain and the humiliation of spirit in such an act.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party" by M.T. Anderson

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.