Definitions for encores

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encores en·core

Spelling: [ahng-kawr, -kohr, ahn-]

IPA: /ˈɑŋ kɔr, -koʊr, ˈɑn-/

Encores is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 8 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 10 points.

You can make 171 anagrams from letters in encores (ceenors).

Definitions for encores

noun

1. a demand, as by applause, for a repetition of a song, act, etc., or for a performance of a number or piece additional to those on a program, or for a reappearance by the performers, as at the end of a concert, recital, etc.
2. the performance or reappearance in response to such a demand:
3. any repeated or additional performance or appearance, as a rerun of a telecast or a rematch in sports.

interjection

1. again; once more (used by an audience in calling for an additional number or piece).

verb (used with object)

1. to call for a repetition of.
2. to call for an encore from (a performer).

Origin of encores

1705-15; French: still, yet, besides Latin hinc hā hōrā or hinc ad hōram until this hour

Examples for encores

There was no question about their enthusiasm, and an encore was inevitable.

encore un moment,” said Francis Ardry; “and when shall I see you again?

The crowd bawls its approval, but begins to disperse after one encore.

The band manages one encore, “Whipping Post,” but halfway through the number the audience is busily streaming toward the exits.

When the "encore" was over, Alice spoke to him for the first time.

It is as if Smilevski is demanding an encore by thumping on his own book.

And when, in a flurry of light and color, the band plays “Young Blood” as an encore, the house erupts.

He did not wait to ascertain if there might be a few more bars of encore.

The one event that could upend that is an encore from a passive, disengaged Obama.

Oh, I do certainly hope he plays that lovely Valse Poupée as an encore!