encore

Etymology

Borrowed from French encore (“more, again”), and once used in this sense.

adv

  1. (conjunctive, hapax) In addition to what has been said; furthermore; additionally.

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.

intj

  1. (said by audience members after a performance) Please perform again!

verb

  1. (transitive) To call for an extra performance or repetition of, or by.
    to encore a performer
    to encore a song
  2. (intransitive) To call for an encore.
  3. (intransitive) To perform an encore.
    They encored with a cover of the Beatles' “Blackbird,” “The Bigger You Love” in 1970, and “Ha Ha Ha” in early '71. 2011, Bill Dahl, Motown: The Golden Years: More than 100 rare photographs, page 304
    Truly unbelievable. Left us all gasping for breath, and wanting more. I think they encored twice, but twenty encores would have been too few. 2011, Smitty Herron, Music's Golden Frontier

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