Associations to the word «Rehearsal»

Wiktionary

REHEARSAL, noun. The practicing of something which is to be performed before an audience, usually to test or improve the interaction between several participating people, or to allow technical adjustments with respect to staging to be done
REHEARSAL DINNER, noun. (US) A formal dinner for the people participating in a wedding ceremony, usually held after the wedding rehearsal on the night before the ceremony itself.
REHEARSAL DINNERS, noun. Plural of rehearsal dinner

Dictionary definition

REHEARSAL, noun. A practice session in preparation for a public performance (as of a play or speech or concert); "he missed too many rehearsals"; "a rehearsal will be held the day before the wedding".
REHEARSAL, noun. (psychology) a form of practice; repetition of information (silently or aloud) in order to keep it in short-term memory.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats