encore

🇺🇸 /ˈɑːnkɔːr/ 🇬🇧 /ˈɒŋkɔː(r)/
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Tags TOP20000
noun
R

A performance that happens again after the main show, because the audience really liked it.

The singer gave an encore after everyone shouted 'encore!'

interjection
R

When the audience yells 'encore', they want the performer to do one more act or song.

The crowd was so excited, they chanted 'encore!'

translation

n. A performance that happens again after the main show, because the audience really liked it.
interj. When the audience yells 'encore', they want the performer to do one more act or song.

Word Forms

Plural encores