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encore
en·core
UK/ˈɒŋkɔː/UK/ˈɒ̃kɔː/US/ˈɑnkoɹ/US/ˈɑŋkoɹ/
noun
What it means
- A brief extra performance, done after the main performance is complete.
To play an encore.
1 more example
Can I get an encore? We want more!
- A call or demand (as by continued applause) for a repeat performance.
The encores were numerous.
In a sentence
To play an encore.
Where it comes from
- Frenchencore“more, again”
- Englishencore
Borrowed from French encore (“more, again”), and once used in this sense.
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