encore
nouninterjectionverbattested in dialogue
- United Kingdom//ˈɒŋkɔː//
- United Kingdom//ˈɒ̃kɔː//
- United States//ˈɑnkoɹ//
- United States//ˈɑŋkoɹ//
A brief extra performance, done after the main performance is complete.
noun
- 1
A brief extra performance, done after the main performance is complete.
To play an encore.
Can I get an encore? We want more!
- 2
A call or demand (as by continued applause) for a repeat performance.
The encores were numerous.
Etymology
Borrowed from French encore (“more, again”), and once used in this sense.
interjection
- 1
Please perform again!
verb
- 1
To call for an extra performance or repetition of, or by.
to encore a performer
to encore a song
- 2
To call for an encore.
- 3
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!'
They encored with a cover of the Beatles' “Blackbird,” “The Bigger You Love” in 1970, and “Ha Ha Ha” in early '71.
Truly unbelievable. Left us all gasping for breath, and wanting more. I think they encored twice, but twenty encores would have been too few.
Forms
- plural
- encores
- past tense
- encored
- past participle
- encored
- present participle
- encoring
- third person singular
- encores
encore · A brief extra performance, done after the main performance is complete.
encounter · To meet (someone) or find (something), especially…encourage · To mentally support; to motivate, give courage, hope or…encouraged · Having been given hope or encouragement.