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Synonyms for rehearsal

Most common

practice US recital

Definitions

  1. n. 1

    The practising of something which is to be performed before an audience, usually to test or improve the interaction between several participating people, or to allow technical adjustments with respect to staging to be done.

Related words

Phrases
technical rehearsal

Forms

Plural
rehearsals → practices, recitals, accounts, practicings…

Example sentences

  • practice It takes years of practice to play the piano well.
  • recital Only three people showed up at Tom's piano recital.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
rehearsalrising
practicesteady
recitalsteady

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

7 letters
account2, recital3
8 letters
practice2, relation3, practise2
9 letters
statement2, narrative3, narration3
10 letters
practicing3, repetition4, practising

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (account2 = 2 syllables).