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REPRISE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does reprise mean?
• REPRISE (verb)
The verb REPRISE has 1 sense:
1. repeat an earlier theme of a composition
Familiarity information: REPRISE used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Conjugation: |
Present simple: I / you / we / they reprise ... he / she / it reprises
Past simple: reprised
Past participle: reprised
-ing form: reprising
Past simple: reprised
Past participle: reprised
-ing form: reprising
Sense 1
Meaning:
Repeat an earlier theme of a composition
Classified under:
Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing
Synonyms:
recapitulate; repeat; reprise; reprize
Hypernyms (to "reprise" is one way to...):
play; spiel (replay (as a melody))
Domain category:
music (musical activity (singing or whistling etc.))
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
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