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prerehearsal

prerehearsal adjective: before a dramatic rehearsal.

Adjective

prerehearsal (not comparable)

  1. Before a dramatic rehearsal.

Noun

prerehearsal (plural prerehearsals)

  1. An informal rehearsal done very early in process of preparing a performance.
    • Then, later on, before we starting shooting, after we had gotten cast, everybody came in and sat around at a table and read it. We did kind of a prerehearsal, and that was very valuable to me. Because you see who you're working with.2010, Ben Peskoe, Bill Green, Will Russell, I'm a Lebowski, You're a Lebowski
    • There were some prerehearsals in small groups, but more often they were put together on the spot or just minutes prior to the practice jam sessions.2016, C. Victor Fung, Lisa J. Lehmberg, Music for Life, page 170

Forms of prerehearsal

pluralprerehearsals

Origin of prerehearsal

From pre- + rehearsal.

Questions about prerehearsal

What does prerehearsal mean?
Prerehearsal means before a dramatic rehearsal.
What part of speech is prerehearsal?
Prerehearsal can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near prerehearsal in the dictionary

  1. preregnant
  2. preregnants
  3. preregular
  4. preregulation
  5. prerehabilitation
  6. prerehearsal
  7. prerehearsals
  8. prerejection
  9. prerelapse
  10. prerelationship
  11. prerelax

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