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encore (s) (noun), encores (pl)
1. A demand by an audience, as by applause, for an extra performance of a song, act, etc.: The presentation by the cellist was so fantastic when he played Bach’s Sonatas, that the listeners insisted on an encore and so the musician played an additional piece which was not on the program!
2. Etymology: used in the sense "again" from French, "again, still, yet"; said to be possibly from Latin hanc ad horam, "to this hour".
A demand for an additional performance as by applause.
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encore (s) (noun), encores (pl)
The repetition of a previously performed piece or of a new piece, which is spoken, sung, or played at the enthusiastic request of the audience: The encore which the pianist played was met with more applause.
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encore (verb), encores; encored; encoring
To call for a second rendition of a concert piece: The audience in the auditorium encored repeatedly for the soprano to sing another song.
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