ENCORE

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

An extra or repeated performance; usually given in response to audience demand

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("encore" is a kind of...):

performance (the act of presenting a play or a piece of music or other entertainment)

Derivation:

encore (request an encore, from a performer)

Present simple: I / you / we / they encore ... he / she / it encores

Past simple: encored

Past participle: encored

-ing form: encoring

Meaning:

Request an encore, from a performer

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Hypernyms (to "encore" is one way to...):

ask for; bespeak; call for; quest; request (express the need or desire for)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s somebody

Derivation:

encore (an extra or repeated performance; usually given in response to audience demand)