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encore

n. countable
B2 Upper Intermediate US //ˈɑnˌkɔɹ// UK //ˈɒnkɔː// en·core

n. an extra performance at the end of a show because the audience keeps clapping. You shout this word when you want the band or actor to come back and play one more song.

n. an additional performance or repetition of a piece given by an entertainer at the end of a scheduled program in response to audience applause.


SIMPLE

The band played three songs as an encore.

CONTEXTUAL

After the final curtain call, the pianist returned to the stage for a brief encore of a Chopin nocturne.

COMPLEX

The crowd's thunderous ovation lasted nearly ten minutes, eventually compelling the weary lead singer to return for a final, unplanned encore that brought the house down.

Origin

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

Usage

Often follows the verbs 'give', 'play', or 'perform'; can also be used as an interjection shouted by the audience.

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