encore

en-core · noun

imported

Definitions

noun

  1. 1.

    An additional performance given in response to audience applause or demand.

  2. 2.

    An exclamation by an audience demanding an additional performance.

  3. 3.

    A repeated or additional appearance or performance.

Forms

plural: encores

Phrases & expressions

  • •
    for an encore — as a follow-up or additional performance
  • •
    call for an encore — to demand a repeat performance through applause
  • •
    encore performance — an additional show due to popular demand

Related words

See also: applause, concert, performance
Synonyms: curtain call, repeat performance

Etymology

From French encore ("still, yet, again"), from Vulgar Latin hinc ad horam ("from now until that hour") or from Latin hanc horam ("this hour"). First used in English in the 18th century.