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encoring

encoring is the present participle and gerund of encore.

Meaning of encore

Verb

encore (third-person singular simple present encores, present participle encoring, simple past and past participle encored)

  1. (transitive) To call for an extra performance or repetition of, or by.
    • to encore a performer
  2. (intransitive) To call for an encore.
  3. (intransitive) To perform an encore.
    • In youth we encore the sentiment, 'Oh, bless my country, Heaven! he said, and died:' but, as we advance in life, we think, 'How weak it is to pity Cato's case, Who might have lived, and had a handsome place!'1837, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], “An Allusion to the Past”, in Ethel Churchill: Or, The Two Brides. […], volume II, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 49

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Questions about encoring

What is encoring the present participle and gerund of?
Encoring is the present participle and gerund of encore.

Words near encoring in the dictionary

  1. encorbelment
  2. encorbelments
  3. encore
  4. encored
  5. encores
  6. encoring
  7. encorporate
  8. encorporated
  9. encorporates
  10. encorporating
  11. encorporation

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