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- DictionaryRe·prise/rəˈprēz/
noun
- 1. a repeated passage in music.
verb
- 1. repeat (a piece of music or a performance): "he reprises his role as the vigilante architect"
noun. Usually reprises.Law. an annual deduction, duty, or payment out of a manor or estate, as an annuity or the like. Music. a repetition. a return to the first theme or subject. verb (used with object) , re·prised, re·pris·ing. to execute a repetition of; repeat: They reprised the elaborate dance number in the third act. reprise. / rɪˈpriːz /
Definition of reprise. as in repeat. the act of saying or doing over again his second marriage turned out to be a reprise of the first one: equally disastrous, simply shorter. Synonyms & Similar Words. Relevance. repeat. repetition. replay. iteration. renewal. replication. reiteration. redo. duplication. reduplication. recitation. rerun. rehearsal.
Reprise means "repeat an earlier role." If you’re asked to reprise your role as "kid entertainer" at the annual family reunion, that means people want you to do it again this year. Early on, reprise was a part in a song or other musical composition that is repeated.
to repeat a song, performance, or set of actions: I was to play the doctor, reprising a role I’d done years earlier. Synonym. repeat. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. (Definition of reprise from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)
Check pronunciation: reprise. Definition of reprise noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
6 days ago · 1. countable noun. In music, if there is a reprise, an earlier section of music is repeated. 2. verb. If someone reprises a role or a song, they play or sing it again. [written] He then proceeded to play for more than two hours, reprising every one of his hits. [VERB noun] Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s Dictionary.
Aug 9, 2021 · A reprise is a repetition of musical material heard earlier in a composition, album, or live performance. Repeated sections of songs are reprises. So are motifs that re-appear in a section of a classical sonata or a Hollywood film score. So, too, are songs that come back toward the end of a musical theater production.
