1 [C,U] time that is spent practising a play or piece of music in preparation for a public performance:
to have / hold a rehearsal * We only had six days of rehearsal. * Our new production of 'Hamlet' is currently in rehearsal. * a rehearsal room * The leading man broke his leg in the middle of rehearsals.
seealsoDRESSREHEARSAL
2 [C,usually sing.] ~ (for sth) an experience or event that helps to prepare you for sth that is going to happen in the future:
These training exercises are designed to be a rehearsal for the invasion. * Life is not a rehearsal.
3 [C,usually sing.] ~ of sth (formal) the act of repeating sth that has been said before:
We listened to his lengthy rehearsal of the arguments.
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