noun, exclamation
noun an extra short performance given at the end of a concert; a request for this made by an audience calling out:
She played a Chopin waltz as an encore. * The group got three encores.
exclamation an audience calls out encore! at the end of a concert to ask the performer to play or sing another piece of music
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Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
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